Chemo: Round 6!!!

Hey y’all!! Wow I’m so excited to be half way through treatment!! This is a huge milestone and something to definitely praise the Lord for!! Here’s what I’ve been learning!

Need two hands now for round 6!!!

Glass half full

To be honest, recently I have been looking at the glass half empty ever since my sixth round of chemo. I keep thinking about how I have six more ahead of me and that makes me really anxious. Chemo is not fun and not easy and to think I still have six more rounds is overwhelming.

However, I believe God calls us to always be looking at the glass half full. Looking at how far we’ve come instead of how much we have left. I think this type of thinking requires a higher perspective.

Something I always think of when I think of a higher perspective is the verse Isaiah 40:31, "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint". When he says, mount up on wings as eagles it makes me think of being an eagle. An eagle soars above the sky and sees everything from a higher perspective.

An eagle rises up to see things from above and I believe that’s what God calls us to do. He calls us to rise up from our current situation and see it from a higher perspective, like an eagle. When we do so, we see things more clearly. In my situation, when I think about it from a higher perspective I see how far I’ve come. I’ve already been through 2 surgeries, 2 PET scans, and six rounds of chemo, that’s a lot! And from now on I’m going downhill in terms of chemo!

A lot of times we are so attached to a situation that we can’t see it from a higher perspective. That’s how I have been, so attached to the thought of six more rounds of chemo, I couldn’t see how far I’ve already come and how much God has already gotten me through.

Anyways, 6 down 6 to go!! September 4th is my last round of chemo and I am faithful that time will fly between now and then!

There’s always a reason to smile 😊

Grace