I don’t know if you listen to Christian music, but I do. I was especially listening the last week as I was driving 45 minutes each day to the hospital to visit my husband who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
One of my all time favorite artists is Matthew West. His songs have seen me through some very tough times in my life. This week was no exception. One morning I heard Matthew singing directly to me once again. 
My husband has been going to the doctor for almost a year because of a cough that would just not go away. He would take antibiotics and he would feel better for a few days and then the cough and the lethargy would come roaring back. He had x-rays and blood tests, a CT scan and more. But none of it seemed to reveal what was really going on.
As we are all prone to do, I was pondering how they could have missed what we now know was metastatic tumors in his lungs. Not to mention the tumor that has been growing exponentially in his kidney.
During the car ride, Day One by Matthew West came on the radio. It was like Matthew was sending me a direct message from God. This is day one of the rest of ‘our’ lives. There is no looking back. We cannot dwell on what could have been, we can only focus on where we are headed.
The rearview mirror is off-limits and we are looking forward. Moving in the only direction that will be helpful. The past is just that. Now each day is a new day, and we must make it the best day of our life, for we are not promised tomorrow.
Please join me as I continue to process this new journey that we have embarked on.
Do you have something in your rearview mirror that needs to be released?
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