Suzanne is scheduled for surgery Tuesday, a throat biopsy at Rush in Chicago. Have you looked at the radar lately? There is suppose to be a blizzard there Monday & Tuesday.

As if this coming event wasn’t stressful enough, we’ve been hearing about the impending snowstorm for a week now. You can imagine all the ‘What ifs’ that were running through our heads; What if we can’t get there, what if the doctor can’t get there, cancel the surgery, can’t get out of town afterward. . . . . .

With all that mental turmoil, I decided to make a reservation at the hotel across the street and plan to head that way tomorrow, the day before. So booking online, I discover that the cancellation policy for the room stated it had to be made by today at noon. So now, all the same ‘What ifs’ came into play along with a new one, what if they cancel the surgery tomorrow, we can’t get a refund.

What we are going to rely on at this point is faith. Faith that the man upstairs has our back in all this; Faith that the surgeon and staff will be available when the time occurs; Faith that the weather forecasters have missed the mark on this one and travel won’t be too bad; Faith that the two of us are doing all that HE expects us to do.

So off to Chicago, we go tomorrow. If nothing else, a relaxing, binge movie watching time will be had by all.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1