Hey Beautiful Girl,
Yesterday you went to see the doctor about your pesky kidney (actually your mom, dad and G-MaSh took you since you can't see over the steering wheel to drive yourself). Today the doctor called to say that you have some cysts on your left kidney. When stuff like this happens, without thinking I begin to think, "What did she do to be having this kind of stuff happening?" And the moment I thought that, the story in John 9 (I think it is chapter 9) jumped into my head --sidenote: when things "jump" into my head, it is usually the Holy Spirit.
This is the story of a man born blind. The guys following Jesus asked Him who had sinned that caused this guy to be born blind, him or his parents? Jesus response was, "Neither." Jesus told them that this situation wasn't the result of anyone's specific action or mistakes. This situation had no "cause and effect" tied to it.....it just was.
That got me thinking about how we people are always looking for an explanation for things we don't understand, and a lot of times someone to blame. We want to know what caused it. But Jesus is saying nothing caused it. It just was.
I guess what I want you to know is that a lot of life "just is." Don't waste time trying to figure out why or how it got that way. Invest your time, energy and thoughts in figuring out how to respond or react to the things you don't understand.
I tell you all of this, and at the same time I am trying to follow my own advice when I think about you and your kidney. I think that it will please God for me to trust Him with you, and to be a support to you parents.
I love you.
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