{"id":1789,"date":"2013-10-27T12:17:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T16:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2020-11-27T16:19:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T21:19:57","slug":"where-you-dont-want-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/27\/where-you-dont-want-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where You Don't Want to Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I woke to the distinct impression of God telling me He was taking me where,\u00a0“you don’t want to go.”<\/em> What a strange and unsettling thing to hear. I wondered deeply about it. Feeling like I’d been here before… I Immediately asked Him to prepare my heart.<\/p>\n

My day moved forward with a few small glitches, but nothing out of the ordinary.\u00a0Then before it was over, I knew. My dear, sweet friend who has suffered from late stage lung cancer\u00a0received the incredible news that her lungs were miraculously\u00a0clear<\/em>! Before anyone could raise a whoop however, her Dr. found a new tumor on her spine- What? Really?<\/p>\n

10 days of radiation began, and this amazing independent woman, has allowed me to go with her to some of those treatments. I entered her world and her unbearable pain.\u00a0All of a sudden I was transported back to my husband’s bedside for those many months, wondering when it would end, why was this happening, would there be healing?<\/p>\n

I cried fresh tears from an old wound.<\/p>\n

Then He reminded me…\u00a0“I asked you to go, because you understand. You don’t have to carry her, I am. You don’t have to stress about Me hearing, because you know. Just be her friend and love with My love.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, how I love my Savior. He cares about my friend’s suffering, just like He cared about my husband’s. Nothing escapes His watchful eye. It is not easy and I still don’t understand, but I trust Him to go with us wherever He calls. Always in His strength.<\/p>\n

Always ForGlorySake!<\/strong> –Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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