Sharing the light...

With each hard turn that comes our way, it's made clear God has already carved our path. When I desperately need a gentle reminder HE is steering this ship, an angel appears! From complete strangers going out of their way to tell me I'm beautiful just as I was loosing my hair for the second time - to unexpected gifts and cards - to sending the perfect friend to help me work through my darkest struggles; His timing is always perfect.

For those that don't follow along on Facebook; after an extremely hard round of chemo, I feverishly started working towards improving our bedroom. Feverishly, because every other week I disappear and the chemo goblin takes over. And you guys, goblins canNOT decorate. It's a good day if they brush their teeth. Not. A. Joke.

Since I will be spending a lot of time in our bedroom, I've decided to turn it into a retreat. A happy and fun and cozy and calming retreat. The Knight and I have discussed new furniture for years, but never found anything to our liking. Thanks to some recommendations, I started looking at furniture on Macy's website. Because on chemo you don't have energy to shop. You pre-shop, create a list, and have a game plan.

As with furniture, we've also struggled to find a new comforter. The comforter has eluded us even longer than furniture; at least five years. FIVE YEARS! So after finding a few furniture options, I switched over and started looking at comforters. Little did I know, God was about to send us another angel.

In that very instant, a FB message was being composed. A couple hours later as I read the note, I realized the timing. As I was randomly searching for a comforter, God sent us an angel to cover the cost of a new comforter.
I. Was. Floored.
It was like a one-woman revival in my house.
And the tears...
My God Is Good!!!

You may think this is where our story ends.
We find a comforter and our sweet angel ships it off tied with a bow.
But you would be wrong.
Oh so wrong!!!

After sending our angel the comforter details, she asked about sheets. Not fully understanding her implication; I let her know it was a bed-in-a-bag set, and that we have two sets of nice/soft sheets. Then she asked about a rug...

Backstory:  When we moved into our place, there was a slight painting mishap. I'm a little bit on the clumsy side, your standard fall UP the stairs clumsy, so we've always had a rug in our room to cover my whoopsie-daisy. Did this angel know we've always used a rug? Nope! She's never set foot in our bedroom.

You guys. Prepare yourselves...
The rug was the very FIRST thing I bought. It was purchased before we even went furniture shopping!!! If you still aren't moved, you're dead. Because, my friends, that stuff is powerful! Get on your feet walk around the house because you can't sit still...POWERFUL!

Thank you kind angel for listening to His call. Thank you for another reminder that this story is much bigger than me and my illness. Each time we lay our heads down or step foot on our rug, we'll be reminded God is in the details. I don't know where this road goes, but if He cared this much about a comforter & rug...it must be good! I'm so excited to see what happens next.

Friends. If I can face this diagnosis and a lifetime of chemo (until God decides otherwise), and still find beauty and goodness and kindness in this world; certainly you can see it too! If it's this good and beautiful on this side...can you imagine?!! But don't fret, if you're having trouble finding the beauty, I promise to keep sharing the light!