Trusting in the face of the Unknown

I love you, O Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.
He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I will call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I am saved from my enemies.

Psalm 18:1-3

Yesterday, my family was given the news that my father had a colonoscopy biopsy that cameback positive for cancer. Today, he is sceduled for a CT scan. Needless to say, there are many unanswered questions as of this moment, but none the less there is a bit of fear attached with such an announcement.

In the face of the unknown, it is hard to look forward without some form of trust. Yesterday, I talked about rappelling. There would be no rappell if there was no trust. Likewise, I don't think that we can move forward toward the face of the unknown, without a trust in God. This is the prayer that I have been praying this day: I love you Lord, you are my Rock, and I will take refuge in you in the face of the unknown.

Please pray for our family.

The First Time

There is always a first for everything: First Sermon, first round of golf, first kiss, and of course this first blog. No first in my impression is an easy thing. It causes us to pause, hesitate, step back, and wonder if this is really something that I want to do.

One of my hardest firsts would have to be the first time that I went rappelling. I was given some fine instruction on how to rappell, but there is nothing that is going to make walking backwards off a cliff easy.

I am not likening this blog to rappelling. They are in no way comparable. Rappelling down a rock face is not anything like logging onto a computer and trying to be creative. However, it did take me a few months to finally pull the trigger on this one. You could say that it took me a few months to finally take that first step.

So - here it is. Preacher Cox, the blog.