God doesn’t comfort us to make us comfortable; He comforts us to make us comforters.

After a seemingly long week of visits of hospitals and tests, we have finally managed to have today off to ourselves, so we felt blessed to soak up His goodness for us.

It was devastating in receiving the news at first, and all we could do was trust in God's unchanging goodness in us all. It was never a question of life or death for we know our eternal destination, but what strike us was the long unknown and difficult road ahead that requires much faith, courage and perseverance. We could not but ponder the question "Why Lord?"

In the time of our devotion, this verse came to be: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble” (2 Cor. 1:3-4). Sometimes God gives us the opportunity to use the lessons we’ve learned and the comfort He’s given us during difficult times to help others in special ways. This week, we had been comforted by many as well as confronted with life issues that we have never thought of and it is hard for anyone to understand the emotional intensity taht we had to deal with. We seriously do not know and cannot even foresee how tough this road will continue to be, but His good purpose in us we're assured. We're convinced that there are times when God doesn’t comfort us to make us comfortable; He comforts us to make us comforters. We're thankful for many who uphold us in prayers and we will continue to need them for the long battle that is ahead.

The PET scan went well besides some minor discomfort. Reg were told to stay away from home for 6 hours as he was too radioactive to come in contact with Jed who is under 5. But after a night recovery, he is overall well with some discomfort in the wound on the neck.

The outcome of the precise diagnosis will be known next week and we'll need to be ready for chemo before Christmas. It is our prayers that the lymphoma has not spread into the bone marrow or other areas.

We thank God that we have each other and our son to celebrate our wedding anniversary next week even we had to cancel our holiday. And it is amazing when we could count our blessings day by day, even the sky is not blue everyday. It is the best time to remember our Lord's birth and the hope it brings!