{"id":3476,"date":"2018-12-26T14:22:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T19:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2020-09-14T16:46:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:46:21","slug":"thankful-for-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/26\/thankful-for-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Thankful for it all&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a wonderful 2018 Christmas! A season full of blessings after a rough fall for David&#8230; for all of us. His \u201cmysterious lung mass\u201d was still hanging on after 2.5 months of antibiotic infusions! Amazingly his Dr allowed him to travel to Italy in October for a family wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Most astounding was after that round of oral medication, his follow-up CT came back <strong>completely clear!!<\/strong>\u00a0<span id=\"\u201cselectionBoundary_1545843844452_613369490854508\u201d\" class=\"\u201crangySelectionBoundary\u201d\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/span>A miraculous healing no one could explain. It was simply a gift given. The infection remains <em>unknown<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Just when I wanted to rest in the peace of his recovery and get back to a normal schedule&#8230; we were thrown into chaos over medical coverage with our <em>\u201csharing program.\u201d<\/em> Negotiations with physicians and hospitals and laboratories took me hours of paperwork and phone calls each day.<\/p>\n<p>Then, right before Christmas, another miracle came. One I can hardly describe other than to say: God intervened. An executive was directly contacted, strings were pulled, funds were sent and a ginormous bill was paid.<\/p>\n<p>I still don\u2019t understand the <em>why<\/em> of all these stresses and strains&#8230; why\u00a0<i>another<\/i> illness &amp; hospital stay&#8230; or why the crazy haggling over accounts and bills. Really?? I\u2019ve just stopped guessing. I\u2019ve let it be. He is God, He loves us.<\/p>\n<p><b>That He knows -is enough.\u00a0<\/b>I will choose to be <b>Thankful for it all.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>I know You hear me. I don\u2019t need to know why &#8211; only that You know the way. That&#8217;s enough. I do ask, please <strong>u<\/strong><b>se it, <\/b>LORD. In Jesus\u2019 name.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>ForGlorySake! &#8211;<\/b><i>Anna<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3179.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3179.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3179.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3179.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3179.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3179.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3179.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3179.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_3179.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a wonderful 2018 Christmas! 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