Sunday was a difficult day for me, as I mentioned yesterday. One of my auto-immune diseases was seeking to dominate everything. It was probably one of the worst days I have had in quite a few months.
Monday morning I had a scheduled doctor visit. He asked how I was doing. I told him what was better with the infusion treatments and reduced medication levels, and what was worse with the infusion treatments and reduced medication levels. I told him about my bad days and my good days, and all the in-between ones. I expressed (tactfully I hope) some of my frustration.
I love this doctor. He is kind, compassionate, and honest. After hearing me out, he honestly admitted that auto-immune diseases are extremely difficult to endure and to treat. He reassured me that he would not abandon me, but also reminded me that it could be a long haul toward remission and there were no guarantees that remission would come. He acknowledged my frustration and said he was often frustrated that he could not just “make it better.”
This morning my Verse of the Day gave me pause. “But as it is written: ‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.’” [1 Corinthians 2:9 HCSB]
After reading the verse, I opened the chapter and read the verse that follows. “But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.” [2:10 HCSB]
Those two little words, “but God” blessed my soul mightily. My doctor, as kind, compassionate and knowledgeable as he is, can make no guarantees that good things are in my future. “But God,” my God, can.
Paul wants us to know the wonderful things God has prepared for those who love Him. While we cannot understand them with our natural minds, He has given us His Spirit who searches those deep things of God and now reveals them to us.
Oh, the things God has prepared!
