{"id":159,"date":"2016-10-15T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylrostek.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/15\/it-is-well-with-my-soul\/"},"modified":"2016-10-15T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T11:34:00","slug":"it-is-well-with-my-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylrostek.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/15\/it-is-well-with-my-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"It  is well with my soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;It pains me that putting words on paper is so difficult for me these days. Somethings up in my brain that it is such a challenge to string words together and this is hard when writing &nbsp;is my gateway to communicate . &nbsp;So this piece will not be eloquent and I&#8217;m using my voice typing to put it together but oh how I need to put my thoughts on paper . &nbsp; Right now I sit in the emergency room at three in the morning and I wait. I wait for them to cut this growth out of my head in a few days time and I pray that by removing this tumour my life can slowly begin &nbsp;to build back into whatever normal is for us. We thought life was crazy enough already with the challenges of life this is like beyond crazy and surreal. Honestly I don&#8217;t know exactly how I feel these days I try not to think too much because thinking can get you in trouble and there are such bad scenarios out there and so I stay positive and pray against the anxiety that has crept in. &nbsp;It&#8217;s hard to let go to realize &nbsp;I am not the do er in our family anymore I sit back and have to watch as other hands are busy &nbsp;doing my mom work and so I try to relax and let these others do these jobs. &nbsp;This is my job now to simply stay emotionally fit so I can just keep loving my family &nbsp;and stay mentally well so I can do this: &nbsp;tackle brain surgery like a warrior .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;My relationship with God feels different these days. I am a busy mom of three little ones I have not had the luxury &nbsp;of&nbsp; moments to ponder for ponderings sake. I think these days &nbsp;I depend on the fact that God is my rock on whom I can stand no matter where my feet are planted. &nbsp;Whether they&#8217;re in a hospital bed like this very moment my God is with me. I know his promise to never&nbsp;leave. I lean in &nbsp;and I listen God I ask you to speak and I know that you will I still myself to hear &nbsp;because it&#8217;s been noisy lately and I trust I will still continue to hear as I declare my intentions to listen &nbsp;well .&nbsp; casting crowns has a song God of all my days. &nbsp;My dear friend sent me this song and I&#8217;ve been resting in it. It says<br \/>&#8221; In my worry &nbsp;God you&#8217;re my stillness &#8221; &nbsp;or something like that. I&#8217;ve been resting here in the stillness and it is good . How wonderful to have a God that is bigger than worry who is bigger than&nbsp;all this&nbsp;who has me in his hands &nbsp;and so I trust. I trust. &nbsp;Rayna thinks it&#8217;s no big deal that mom is going for brain surgery I trust that God feels the same way. &nbsp;I&#8217;ve got this child, just one more part of your story &nbsp;and don&#8217;t you know that I am the God who formed you ? who knows you ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;I know a powerful God and so I invite you to pray with me to him . &nbsp; I ask that cancer would know it has no home in my body. I ask you that as I place my brain&nbsp;in my surgeons hands that God would fill &nbsp;dr. Heran with incredible skill and brilliance. I pray &nbsp;for strength for my family and all those hands that are doing so much work in my home give them fortitude &nbsp;for the exhausting work of raising twins . &nbsp;I am so thankful for all of you dear friend and family thanks for joining me &nbsp;in this crazy journey life has taken me on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;It pains me that putting words on paper is so difficult for me these days. 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