Website design By BotEap.comI spoke to a family member early this morning. I knew she would be awake, because she receives regular blood transfusions to treat an aggressive leukemia. Later, she sent me a voice note describing what had happened the night before, how the doctor was shouting instructions to everyone around her bed, basically to keep her alive.

Website design By BotEap.comShe said a nurse stayed at her bedside 24 hours a day. She called the nurse her guardian angel. She was so overwhelmed by her emotions that she couldn’t speak anymore. She is exhausted. Weak from chemotherapy. Her life hangs in the balance.

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Website design By BotEap.comI play his voice memo multiple times and hear a lot more in his voice. exhaustion bread. The concern for the people at home. His anxiety about what tomorrow will bring. She has so many questions, but at the same time she is so thankful for her guardian angel who probably saved her life that night.

Website design By BotEap.comAt times like this I realize how little words can say. I want to comfort her, but again the verse seems too small to make a difference in such a big hurt. The dark cloud is simply too thick to allow any light to shine on the horizon.

Website design By BotEap.comMany of us have been (and are) stuck in a cloud with no visible relief in sight. You can hardly see your hand in front of your eyes, so how would you find your way somewhere that would lead you out of the crisis?

Website design By BotEap.comWhat can be said in such a situation? What do you do when you find yourself in a life-changing situation? Nothing seems right.

Website design By BotEap.comI think there’s only one place you can go. In reality, there is only one person who knows everything that is going on. He can see in the dark. You know where the exit is.

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Website design By BotEap.comWe have to put everything in their hands. We have to put ourselves in his hands, because he is the only one who really knows what is happening and where we are going and how we will get out of that dark cloud.

Website design By BotEap.comBecause He promises this: 16So let us walk up to him and take what he is so willing to give. He takes mercy, accepts help.

Website design By BotEap.comI really don’t know how our familiar will get through the darkness. I know even less where it will end. But I know that God knows. I also know that He will be good to her and to the rest of the family. He will give everyone more than they deserve.

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Website design By BotEap.comAnd, yes, He is on duty with us 24 hours a day and is our guardian angel, for sure.

Website design By BotEap.comHoly Scripture
Hebrews 4:12-16

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How thick is your storm cloud?
Where do you look for guidance?
Do you believe that God is there with you?

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Good heavens, I really needed this right now. I am suffering and I am afraid of the dark. Thank you for your promise that you are here with me. Please show me the way out of the dark. In the name of Jesus, amen.