Your Will Be Done

At the age of 17, as an only child of two Christian school teachers, Emily and her parents went to the doctor to treat what they thought were simple symptoms of the flu.  After some blood work and a longer than anticipated wait, they received some of the hardest words they would ever hear, "Emily has cancer."  
That night Emily immediately began taking chemo treatments and her fight against Leukemia began.  Although the emotions were real and the family's fears were legitimate, they immediately placed their hope and trust in God. 
Today Emily is cancer free, but it did not come without a long and painful journey.  They learned many things along the way, things which included the power of empathy and encouragement, but possibly the most important reality they learned was the weight of the words, "Your will be done."  
Sometimes I believe we can think of God's will being wrapped up into a single moment, but most often God's will includes a long journey.  God's will involved a journey for many lives in the Bible including the life of Abraham, Moses, Joseph and many more.  I believe it is important to realize that God's will is often a journey,  the most important journey being the transformation into the likeness of Christ.
As Paul said in Philippians 3:12 "Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me." In a very similar way, see Emily's story as that, a life that continues to press on for the will and purpose of Jesus.  She is able to empathize with those who are suffering and to share the gospel of Jesus wherever she goes.