The search for Truth

I'm laying on a hospital bench with my 7 year-old sleeping in the bed next to me. His blood sugar is 4 times higher than it should be, yet down half way from where it was. He is a sweet boy who also has autism.

Why is the word that I have mumbled to God for the last few days: I was even reduced to, "It isn't fair." My son is going to endure sticks and pokes daily for the rest of his life. He doesn't even know he is not a neuro-typical (normal) child yet, now this. It is definitely easy to ask the above questions of God.

When my wife took him to the E.R. his glucose levels were above 600. According to the Mayo clinic, at that level a person is in diabetic hypersomolar syndrome and at risk of going into a coma. His glucose though wound up rising to a little over 800 before his first of many insulin shots which did bring it down. When my wife called me about this I had to slip away to hide for a few moments. I want God to heal and take this hardship away from my son. In the end I could only say, "He's yours."

From an instructional design point of view, there is a lesson to be learned. As I write this post I was reminded of Evangel University's old slogan: All truth is God's truth. The epitome of learning is the search for truth regardless of the concentration. The absolute Truth is that the Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus is the embodied Word of God. He is the Way, the TRUTH and the Life. What is Truth: it is God.

So, "What is Your sovereign, will God?" That is my question. It isn't easy, but the Truth is, God is sovereign over every situation. HE is the preeminent reigning authority: He knows the ultimate best. Furthermore, Jesus is the way (The straight level highway) to Truth in everything even for Micah, but not only Truth: Life.

What is to be learned: the Truth. God really knows what is best.