Ok so I (Marc) grew up during the heady years of the Space Shuttle program and remember watching the launches as they count down from like 10 minutes to launch. Each system doing a go/no-go check. Ok so I am little bit of a geek. 🙂
Anyway, we have gone through a bunch of go/no-go checks on all systems and the only system that continues to report “not ready” for chemo are those darn drains. (Ah, Houston, we are going to suspend launch while we check output on the starboard and port extrication tubes). We have experienced another “hold status” and not going to be able to start chemo this week like we had hoped.
Holding is tough when you want to get on the journey, even a difficult one. There is value in the holding though. God held his people Israel for 40 years before they could enter the Promised Land. He used that time to mold them and teach them He was the one and only God of the universe. That He could be depended upon and that they needed to rely on only Him. I can not begin to imagine how hard it was for them to wait for 40 years. Our prayer is that the Lord uses this holding in our lives for His glory as well.
Thank you again for your many notes of encouragement, phone calls and visits. We are extremely grateful that we are not alone in this “hold status”.
Marc
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