Tears in the Goulash

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Goulash makes Me Cry.

It was right about this time one year ago that my Dr. told me I had cancer.  This last year has been something! Yet, time and time again my God has shown himself strong.  When we got the diagnosis we did not know what to expect, but my God did.  He has held me in his arms, He will never let me go.

Last night I was making goulash for the family and my daughter told me how much she liked it and had missed it. At that moment it occurred to me that the last time I had made goulash was over a year ago. It was before I got sick. I stopped to thank God that I could cook it again for my family. God had given me another year and for that I thanked Him. As these thoughts came through my mind I started to cry. I was alive, God had made me strong enough to cook food for my family. None of us know how long we have left to live. Yet, so often we take our time for granted. When was the last time you cried while making food for your family? Why did I cry? Because I will not take the little things for granted. I will live each day thankful to God for the gift He has given. For me to live is Christ. Yet, when I die I know I will gain. So for each day that I have I must live for Christ thankful for His love. Thankful for His mighty right hand that holds me. Thankful for the very breath of life within me.

“Since no one knows the future, who can tell someone else what is to come?”

Ecclesiastes 8:7 NIV

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”

Proverbs 27:1 NIV

Tomorrow and all of my future is in God’s hands.  Only He knows what is to come.  Therefore, I will trust in the Lord and rest easy.