Called to Battle

I was reading a devotional this morning called Streams In The Desert. This it what today's said.

He guarded him...like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions. The Lord alone led him, no foreign god was with him. Deuteronomy 32:10-12

When God places a burden upon you, He places his arms underneath you. ...do you understand that God may take away your comforts and privileges in order to make you a stronger Christian? Do you see why the Lord always trains His soldiers by not allowing them to lie on beds of ease but by calling them to difficult marches and service? He makes them wade through streams, swim across rivers, climb steep mountains, and make many long marches carrying heavy backpacks of sorrow. This is how He develops soldiers-not by dressing them up in fine uniforms to strut at the gates of the barracks or to appear as handsome gentlemen to those who are strolling through the park. No, God knows that soldiers can only be made in battle and are not developed in times of peace. We may be able to grow the raw materials of which soldiers are made, but turning them into true warriors requires the education brought about by the smell of gunpowder and by fighting in the midst of flying bullets and exploding bombs, not by living through pleasant and peaceful times. ...could this account for your situation? Is the Lord uncovering your gifts and causing them to grow? Is He developing in you the qualities of a soldier by shoving you into the heat of battle? Should you not then use every gift and weapon he has given you to become a conqueror? Charles Spurgeon

Our family has been thrown into the battle. I know that I have already grown and become stronger during this time. Each day I put on my armor of faith and trust and go to war against this cancer. I have been wading through a stream of information, swimming across rivers of advice and counsel, climbing a steep mountain of a radical nutritional lifestyle change, and marching through the hard days of emotions that are fragile. I know His arms are holding me up and giving me strength.
My life is in God's hands. This is His battle. I will praise and trust Him as He fights for me.