It’s the final Five Minute Friday link-up of May! Whew! We (almost) made it! 🙂

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This week’s FMF writing prompt is: DEAL

Setting my timer for five minutes, and . . . GO. 

A few weeks ago, one of my close friends shared news of a new diagnosis she had received. I admit, in the moment when she told me, it was so unexpected I felt as if I was in the middle of a bad dream. Indeed, I wish it had been.

But the circumstances are real and she is moving forward by taking the next step with trust and hope in the Lord, and then the next step after that.

In the days that followed her diagnosis, my mind seemed consumed by little else. So many things would have to happen, so many things would need to change. Details and logistics and what ifs filled my thoughts.

But most of all, every little “annoyance” that came up that normally would have led me to complain or grumble now seems insignificant.

Compared to this news and reality, everything else seems small and immaterial. Nothing is a big deal compared to this.

And while the future is unknown (to all of us, diagnosis or not!), my friend has since received some bits of good news along the way. While the days ahead will be long and uncertain, God remains faithful and will carry her and her loved ones each step of this path He has placed before them.

STOP.

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