The Graduate.

Christina Burke Jordan - teacher, highly qualified, that is...

My sister has joined the ranks of college graduates.  She has toiled, and strived, and stressed, and celebrated.   We are so proud of her.  She has displayed endurance and excellent coping skills - working two jobs, being a mother, a wife, and going to school full time to fulfill her dream. 

She has done it.  

By the grace of God, she has done it.

During these last few months of school, my sister has also had to cope with being diagnosed with cancer.  She was diagnosed with malignant melanoma, and has had to face her worst fears of the "what ifs".   Then she had a seizure.  Then she went to have an MRI of her brain that her insurance wouldn't pre-authorize in time for her surgery, so it can't be done until after.  Tomorrow is her surgery. 

To our Lord, we ask, what next?

Tomorrow, we will know somewhat of the extent of her cancer.  However, we will have to wait 7-10 long days before we know definitively.  

Chrissy told me yesterday that she is not scared anymore, she is not nervous. She knows she will be healed.  We talked about the power of positive thinking, not that we can think ourselves to be healed, but that our minds are linked to our bodies, and that God tells us not to worry or be anxious. God is in control.  He delivers us FROM the situation, THROUGH the situation, or BY the situation unto Him.  

So, no matter the outcome, we are trusting the Lord.  

I am so proud of Chrissy, and respect and love her to the deepest parts of my being. 

I am so thankful to God for giving me a sister.  And we will walk through this fiery trial together, and then on to the rest of our lives....she a teacher, a mother, a wife...me a PA, a wife, and hopefully one day a mother :)

James 1:2-4 

"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."