We Are On The Winning Team

We are back at Vanderbilt today.  Nick was supposed to have several procedures done today, but his labs were all too low to make the procedures safe.  He couldn't even receive the prescribed chemo because his clotting factors are still tanked, and one of the drugs that he was supposed to get is the one that causes clotting difficulties.   What a difficult balance this is!  He needs the chemo to kill the bad stuff, but because the good stuff is so impaired he can't get the stuff to kill the bad stuff...so the bad stuff potentially gets a chance to rebound, which further impairs the good stuff.  Don't worry (I mean that literally!!) I still know that this is going to be O.K.  I'm just a little frustrated by what I see with my natural eyes.  I'll be so glad for what I see with my eyes to line up with what I see with my eyes of faith.

As I wrote that litany about "stuff" above, I thought of how Paul ranted in Romans 7 about doing the things that he did not want to do...etc:

Romans 7: 14-25
¹⁴ We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. ¹⁵ I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. ¹⁶ And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. ¹⁷ As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. ¹⁸ For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.^[c] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. ¹⁹ For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. ²⁰ Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.  ²¹ So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. ²² For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; ²³ but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. ²⁴ What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? ²⁵ Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Isn't that just like us?!  There are so many times that there are conflicts within me.  I know that I am saved, Spirited filled, and redeemed, but there are times that I act or think like the opposing team. Even though our sinful natures show out sometimes...don't ever forget that, if you know Jesus...you are on the winning team. (I've read the end of the Book.)

Nick's body is in the midst of a huge conflict right now, but he is going to come out victorious!  In fact, his name, Nicholas, means "victorious warrior."  Please continue to pray and speak positive words concerning his victory over this invasion.  He is a winner, and so are you.  We are on the winning team!

The following scripture was the scripture of the day on www.biblegateway.com:

“When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.” Psalm 94:18-19 NIV

It spoke to me.  It is well.