Leaving Chicago

We will be leaving soon. Chuck and I will drop by the hospital and spend some time with Ellen before we make the drive back home.

and now we know more than we did.

We know that it is cancer and it (probably) started in the lungs and then went to the neck and the brain.

We do not know the pathology, but we know that she will probably start with 10 to 12 days of radiology in the hospital on the brain and the neck area.

We kow that she will eventually come home and start treatment - (chemo?) for the lung area.

We know that this is going to be a long journey.

We also know that her family is ready to help her and walk with her as much as we possibly can.

We know that life has changed - and will never be the same.

I think of Psalm 46 - which I read to people at church when they go through these times. Life is so uncertain and there are these episodes where everything has changed so radically.
I believe that under everything and around everything is our God.

Here is Psalm 46:
1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
3though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. Selah
4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
5God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns.
6The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
8Come, behold the works of the Lord; see what desolations he has brought on the earth.
9He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
10“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.”
11The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Amen