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Hi GB20220ea4eb and well done navigating across to our little corner of the community.…… so did you get an answer to your question……. “why it felt like the Lord had forsaken us?”
The first thing to get…… as I explained in your post in the ALL group…… this is just not God’s fault……. like me back in 1999…. your dad has been unlucky….. and as I explained the progression of cancers has been a long time in the making……. with a wide range of reasons fir this over their life time generations.
But with 1 in 2 coming in contact with cancer over their life time we should not be surprised when it comes nocking on our doors…….. as a Christian it’s all about how we approach it and the trust we put in our Heavenly Father and the God given skips of our medical professionals and the amazing treatments out there.
I encourage you to get out the Christian’s handbook (The Bible) and see the encouragement there is there as well as pray.
Your heart felt plea above has not landed on deaf ears…… God hears you….. and his will, will be done.
You need to put your full faith and trust in the Father and continually look for the positives in this journey….. even during the hard times (been there a good number of times) you don’t waver from trusting God.
Over my 130 night in various hospitals over my main 2 years treatment the sheets of paper below were somewhere near me….. on my bedside table, on the wall….. for all to see.
This was produced by my wife and was a combined faith statement that regardless how challenging things could get God was in control in our lives.
You do need to find someone in your Church Fellowship who you can sit with, have a coffee and chat honestly and openly…….. you can’t navigate this on your own.
