One Step at a Time

Well I have always always known that I am the daughter of an EXTRAORDINARY woman! Her road in life has not been an easy one yet she continues to hold her head up high and praise God for his blessings. She trusts in him completely. I have always been a huge admirer of my mom. It helps that we were the only two girls in our little family. I loved doing anything and everything I could to be with her. I still will go sit in her office at work when I am in town just to be near her.

As we have been trying to learn more and more about the spot on her temporal lobe I know that she has gotten very discouraged listening to all of the "Doctor Talk" around her. I know that she has sat in Doctor's offices and heard different outcomes and odds that were all but what she wanted to hear. I cannot imagine the feelings that she has had to harbor and deal with.

Today I was sitting in a Dr's office thinking about how I always jump to the worst situations in my mind. Immediately upon hearing the news of my mom's diagnosis I went to the very end of the road.  My mind could get away from the end of the road and I just knew I was going to be standing there alone in the end.

My mom told me last week that she has decided to fight this! Telling me that this is just a big bad monster on her back and she is going to do everthing in her power to fight this off and if it comes back, she said, I will fight it again and again. I was so taken back with the determination in her voice. She spoke with such strength and trust. It made me gain an entirely new perspective on not only my mom's diagnosis but my life in general.

I have forgotten how to take life slowly, it seems like time is flying by and I view everything in that manner. Instead of looking at each day I look at weeks, months, years in advance. Today I was sweetly reminded to follow God ONE STEP at a time. I view the huge trials that seem to be standing in my pathway and start thinking way in advance How am I to tackle this? Forgetting that I have the Almighty one who created the Universe beside me.  He will guide my pathway around the mountain or through an easier trail. And if he wants me to climb the mountain he will equip me with the tools needed to tackle it. He even promises to send his angels to watch over me and protect me. God is the one who created the pathway I walk, he knows before I get up each morning what I will face that day and he will never leave me to handle it alone. 2 Corinthians  5:7 calls us to "Walk by Faith not by Sight."

My mom is walking by Faith and not by Sight. She is trusting in the Lord to help her over the mountain should it come to that but is content to for now, take it One Step at a Time.


I have never been more proud to be her daughter!

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