Bad news

Since Dayle fell desperately ill on July 8, we have gone from one medical surprise to the next. Every few days, her illness and it’s treatment would take a new twist.

Most of those twists were not the kind we were hoping for. I am writing this three months into the saga, and the twists finally stopped, we think, two weeks ago. She is free of infections and her heart problem is not serious, it seems.

On the first week of this saga I was reading Psalm 112. Verse seven says of the righteous person that:

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
Psalm 112:7

It is not because the righteous person never gets bad news that he or she doesn’t fear it. Rather, the person who trusts in the Lord realizes that sometimes life will bring him or her bad news, yet he or she doesn’t fret, worry or obsess about the potential for bad news.

I understood this verse as a promise. If I kept my focus on trusting God, he would keep fear of bad news out of my head and heart. So far, he has.

10 thoughts on “Bad news”

I like that you titled this “Bad News,” because it tested my response, and I discovered there is yet some fear I need to give God. : )

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Ed Lauber | October 19, 2015 at 3:27 am

Well, it was not intended that way, I assure you.

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Ed, my heart skipped a beat when I saw the title of your post. Didn’t want to read it for fear there was some bad news. How grateful I am that there is, in fact, some good news! Hugs and blessings to you and Dayle.

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Ed Lauber | October 19, 2015 at 3:26 am

I didn’t think about how the title would affect people. Oops. One more thing to consider when writing.

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Great message. Scary title. Looked like an announcement.

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Ed Lauber | October 19, 2015 at 3:25 am

I could have picked a better title!

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So pleased Dayle is doing better and the “bad news” seems to be in the past — was afraid at first that it wasn’t! Is a good post — not fearing bad news is something that I have to constantly work at — I know that I needn’t fear it, but it is the one thing that I have a tendency to fear, so I appreciate the reminder — it bolsters my determination. Thanks.

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