Look Up

This morning I was unsettled. I learned someone in our ACC family, who has been NED, no evidence of disease, for 18 years found out the cancer is back. Please pray for him and his family🙏

This is one of the challenges with ACC. It can be gone for a long time and come back without any signs or symptoms, which is why we continue to get scanned for life.

One of the reasons this was unsettling for me is because I have my annual scans this week. I try not to impose other people’s stories as my own but it can be challenging.

I decided to hit the trails to get my anxious energy out. I was praying trying to let go and trust God with my scans and asking for a cure for ACC. Yet my mind was fighting to stay focused on God and not the fear.

Then the first person I passed on the trail was wearing this sweatshirt. I read, “look up” & thanked God. This was just what I needed to see, and do.

I smiled as we passed and I continued my run. On the way back, I saw her again, and not knowing if her shirt was about God or not, I stopped her and asked if I could take a picture of her sweatshirt. She was very kind and turned around, and when I saw the back of her shirt, my eyes teared up and I told her that this was just what I needed this morning.

Her shirt is a scripture, Colossians 3:2, reminding us to set our eyes on things above, aka God, and not on the things here on earth, like my scans. She graciously offered me a hug and we went our separate ways.

I share this with you today in case you too woke up this morning to something that caused you anxiety. I invite you to join me to…

pause. breathe. pray.

May we set our eyes on things above today, and not on the things here on earth. May we look to Jesus this Easter week and be reminded that when all hope was lost, He gave us a hope we can hold on to to anchor our souls at all times. May this truth bring hope and peace to our souls, even in the midst of unsettling circumstances.

With love and hope,
Shawn