{"id":304688,"date":"2017-09-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/what-is-your-anchor\/"},"modified":"2017-09-19T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T15:00:00","slug":"what-is-your-anchor","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/what-is-your-anchor\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Your Anchor?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Chandler, mother to three and wife to Matt Chandler, takes listeners back to Thanksgiving in 2009 when Matt blacked out from a seizure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2017-09-19.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:26:39","filesize":"24.4M","filesize_raw":"25584638","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2867,2860,2831],"tags":[4895,6310,2605,6309],"podcast_series":[8235],"cwp_profile":[3528],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-304688","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-involvement","category-hardship-and-suffering","category-wives","tag-recovery","tag-seizure","tag-sickness","tag-tumor","podcast_series-steadfast-love","cwp_profile-lauren-chandler","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/304688\/what-is-your-anchor","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/304688\/what-is-your-anchor","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Ivsq5LGbPv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/what-is-your-anchor\/\">What Is Your Anchor?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/what-is-your-anchor\/embed\/#?secret=Ivsq5LGbPv\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;What Is Your Anchor?&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"Ivsq5LGbPv\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey; and I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019ll hear from Lauren Chandler today about the reality of the peace that passes all understanding and how that comes from God in the midst of trials. Stay with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Tuesday edition. There are some days in our lives that start off as normal days; but by the time the day is over, we realize something significant \/ something life-altering has just happened. That was the case for our guest today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And Lauren Chandler joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>; welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Thank you. Glad to be back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Lauren and Matt have been married since 1999. She is a mom to three. She found her contentment in her season of life with her husband, who is a great preacher, and her three children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut there\u2019s more to this book she\u2019s written, called <em>Steadfast Love<\/em>, that you\u2019ll want to check out\u2014it\u2019s in Psalm 107. In your book, you talk about how that psalm, Psalm 107, talks about there being storms that raise the waves. You went through a period in your marriage that really hit the high seas in Thanksgiving, 2009. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTake us to that moment when you and Matt faced some storms.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>You know, it\u2019s interesting\u2014I think, that on the days that are probably some of the most pivotal in your life, you wake up and have no idea the importance of that day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Sure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>It was, you know, Thanksgiving morning, like any other Thanksgiving morning. I was getting dishes ready to take over to my mom\u2019s house. We were going to have Thanksgiving lunch just a couple miles away. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo Matt\u2019s in the living room with the kids \/ they\u2019re watching the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade; I\u2019m getting dishes ready. All of a sudden, I hear this commotion in the living room. Now, we had this kind of partition decorative thing in the corner of our room, where our six-year-old, Audrey, would do gymnastic tricks on one of the chairs and knock something over. So I thought, \u201cOh, that\u2019s Audrey again\u2014doing gymnastics and knocking something over.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I didn\u2019t hear: \u201cHey, hon, I\u2019ve got it; don\u2019t worry about it.\u201d I just hear the low hum of the TV. I thought that was\u2014I mean, I was curious\u2014like, \u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t Matt say something?\u201d I\u2019m walking towards the living room and I hear Audrey say, \u201cDaddy?!\u201d I walk into the living room. It looks, by all appearances, a normal morning in the living room\u2014the kids are on the couch \/ the six-month-old\u2019s in the little Johnny Jump Up\u2014and there\u2019s no sign of Matt. Then, I come around the couch and I see him, in the middle of the floor, having a grand mal seizure. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Was his whole body convulsing?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>His <em>whole body<\/em> was convulsing. I mean\u2014so what I heard\u2014the commotion I had heard was him falling down and hitting the fireplace tools.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Ooh!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; he had a horrible bump on his head. He ended up almost biting through his tongue\u2014I mean, it was really painful later that day for him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I can barely remember kind of what happened\u2014I just remember going into kind of panic mode: asking Audrey to get my phone \/ I\u2019m trying to remember all the things I\u2019d learned in my lifeguarding class\u2014to turn him on his side but don\u2019t put anything in his mouth\u2014you know, all these different things, and just pretty much shielding my kids from seeing him seize, and just waiting for it to subside.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFinally, Audrey brings me my phone; and I call 911. At that time, we lived a mile from the fire station. I could hear the siren turn on. The paramedics come in. My parents lived just a mile away\u2014I\u2019d called them right after I\u2019d gotten off the phone with the emergency services. My parents come over\u2014they grab the kids\u2014and the paramedics start to treat Matt. His eyes are open, but there\u2019s just <em>no recognition<\/em>\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I mean, he\u2019s kind of looking <em>through<\/em> me \/ he\u2019s not really focusing on anything. They put him on the gurney and wheel him out. I\u2019m just looking at him, kind of talking to him\u2014I mean, it was like I was a stranger.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did you have any idea what was causing this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>I had <em>no idea<\/em>. It was like, \u201cWhy would he have a seizure?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And I have to wonder what you were feeling, as a woman. Matt had been your <em>rock<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; he had.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean\u2014and now, you\u2019re having to roll him over on his side to prevent him from swallowing his tongue and strangling to death.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Were you having any of those thoughts, as a woman?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes! I was like, \u201cThis is not supposed to happen.\u201d I remember getting into the front seat of the ambulance and thinking, \u201cIs this the rest of my life?\u2014that I\u2019m going to take care of a brain-dead husband?\u201d\u2014and how devastating that would be\u2014but also this surpassing peace of: \u201cLord, You\u2019d be with me and You\u2019d sustain, even if that\u2019s what You have for me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>What were your kids feeling or thinking, or were they just confused?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>They were confused\u2014Audrey was confused \/ Reid was most confused. Norah had no idea what was going on\u2014she was six months old. Audrey was scared with the paramedics coming in with their big black bags. She had gone up to her room, and my parents went up there with her. It was just confusing for them. Reid kind of knew what was going on, but not a lot. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, they take him to the hospital \/ to the ER and they run tests. He finally comes to. I was so relieved that he just <em>recognized<\/em> me. I mean, that was kind of the first relieving moment I had.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>How long until he recognized you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>The ride to the hospital\u2014so, probably, it was like 20 minutes. When they pulled him out of the back of the ambulance, he looked at me and was like, \u201cWhat\u2019s going on?\u201d And he recognized me, which really was a relief; because I thought, \u201cHe\u2019s <em>never<\/em> going to know who I am the rest of his life or the rest of my life.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey ran tests. The ER doctor said: \u201cYou need to go see a neurosurgeon. You need to get in as soon as possible. There\u2019s some kind of <em>mass<\/em> in your brain.\u201d We\u2019re hoping that it\u2019s just something that doctors need to watch\u2014that it\u2019s been there probably this whole time, and we just need to make sure it\u2019s not growing\u2014and we were hoping it would be something benign. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe saw a neurosurgeon the following Tuesday. He showed us the film and said, \u201cThis looks pretty bad; so much so that I\u2019ve made room in my schedule on Friday to get you in to get this out.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Surgery\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; brain surgery.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014on Friday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Friday; after a Tuesday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>It\u2019s not my brain\u2014so I can understand why I felt this way\u2014but I remember thinking: \u201cWe need to get this out as soon as possible. This is an intruder. It does not need to be in his brain.\u201d And Matt\u2014he fell apart, just thinking about our kids\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014would they love God?\u2014who it seemed took their dad from them? That was a really hard 24 hours\u2014those first 24 hours. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then, I think, you <em>saw<\/em> his theology come to life\u2014he was like: \u201cYou know what? I really do believe that God is good. I really do; and no matter what happens on Friday\u2014whether I lose my life \/ whether I don\u2019t come out the same person\u2014I know that He\u2019s good. He\u2019s going to take care of my family \/ He\u2019s going to take care of my kids. He\u2019s going to take care of the church.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, it took him about 24 hours to get to that point, which I think is\u2014I mean, it could take longer for a lot of people; and that\u2019s <em>okay<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Sure; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>You know, just wrestle and struggle through that. But I think he finally got to this point, where: \u201cI just have nothing else to hope in. I mean, this has got to be true.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And I want to stop you there, because what I want our listeners to hear: \u201cYou don\u2019t prepare for the storm in the middle of the storm.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cYou prepare for the storm when the seas are calm, all the way up until you face the storm.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And the reason Matt was able to believe God was good was he had been preaching, teaching, living the psalm that you talk about in your book, <em>Steadfast Love<\/em>\u2014Psalm 107, verse 1\u2014which says: \u201cOh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever.\u201d You don\u2019t get to that if you haven\u2019t been living by that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; yes. That\u2019s what the storm does\u2014is it exposes what you\u2019ve been trusting in.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Exposes the foundations.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Exposes the anchors. What I use in my book is this symbol of an anchor: \u201cWhat is your anchor?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, he got there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>He got there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did you get there in 24 hours too?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>I feel like I got there in the ambulance ride, really.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014when you looked at it and said, \u201cOkay; if this is what God has for me, He\u2019ll be with me\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, when you say you got there, you\u2019re not saying that, from that moment in the hospital on, there was never fear; there was never anxiety; there was never doubt; there was never worry.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>No; there was <em>always<\/em> that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>All of those things.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; I mean, it was a struggle. I remember, after we\u2019d gotten his prognosis\u2014which was two to three years of life\u2014I remember coming out of that room and looking at all the couples\u2014like: my parents, Matt\u2019s parents, our friends\u2014just being sad and mad that I wasn\u2019t guaranteed that my spouse would be standing there with me in two to three years. By all appearances, it looked like they were going to get to enjoy <em>years<\/em> of marriage together, where it seemed like I had kind of a shelf life on <em>my<\/em> marriage.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was in a meeting, here in Little Rock, with two friends of mine, who are both medical doctors. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was either early 2010 or right at the end of 2009, when, online, we got the detailed report of Matt\u2019s diagnosis and his prognosis. I looked at these guys; and they grimly said, \u201cPeople do not survive this.\u201d Your doctors told you two to three years\u2014and the vast majority \/ I don\u2019t know what the number is\u2014but better than 90 percent of people do not live beyond three years, if they have what Matt had.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; I know.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you could hope and you could pray; but you were hoping against pretty strong odds that you had to get ready for life without Matt.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; I did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>In the meantime, he was recovering from the surgery. Things got worse before they got better.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; yes. Right after surgery, in the neuro ICU, he was himself\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014he was cracking jokes. I mean, he looked terrible\u2014he had a bandage wrapped around his head, but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>But that was a big deal; because you wonder: \u201cWhen you invade the brain:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes: \u201cIs he going to remember <em>me<\/em>?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201c\u2019Is he going to be there when he comes out?\u2019\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; and he knew where he was, he knew his doctor\u2019s name, he knew <em>us<\/em>. Then, he was cracking jokes. So, it was a <em>relief<\/em>; but he still was in bad shape\u2014I mean, I could see that. The days following, it\u2019s kind of\u2014you don\u2019t know what was pain meds \/ what was the result of the surgery\u2014but he just started to kind of fade. His personality faded \/ he had a flat affect\u2014so just hardly <em>any<\/em> facial expression \/ <em>any<\/em> modulation in his voice\u2014I mean, which\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And anybody who knows Matt Chandler, facial expression and modulation are defining characteristics; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>They are; so it was alarming. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, two of our friends who were on staff at The Village had come to see him a few days after he was out of the neuro ICU. They just rode home, crying; because they thought: \u201cThis is not the same man. This is not our friend. I don\u2019t know who this is, but he\u2019s a shadow of who he was.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, those days were really hard. He ended up going to an in-patient rehab after that. He <em>slowly<\/em> started to kind of come back to life; but there were those questions of: \u201cOkay; is this it? Is this as much of Matt as I\u2019m going to get back?\u201d Then also, the surgeon had asked that I <em>not<\/em> tell Matt his diagnosis yet. I knew Matt\u2019s diagnosis for about a week before he did. There was only one other person who knew, too; and it was one of the other lead pastors. I was convinced that I needed to keep it to me and to this man, and other people didn\u2019t need to know it yet.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You didn\u2019t tell your parents\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>I didn\u2019t tell my parents.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014his parents.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>I didn\u2019t tell his parents, because I didn\u2019t want Matt to be the last person to know. I felt like, \u201cIf there\u2019s anyone that should know, it\u2019s him before everybody has to know,\u201d\u2014and so that everybody else doesn\u2019t have to put on a face for him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They had to be pestering you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>They weren\u2019t; but they would say, \u201cI can\u2019t believe we don\u2019t have a diagnosis yet.\u201d I wouldn\u2019t say anything.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, when the doctor gave Matt the diagnosis and the prognosis\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; I felt like the doctor was a little bit more optimistic with him\u2014where I got the cold, hard facts\u2014he kind of got, \u201cWell, worst case scenario is that you die in a car accident on the way home,\u201d you know. I felt like the surgeon was much gentler delivering the news with him, whereas: \u201cHey, it\u2019s a Grade 3 oligodendroglioma. We\u2019re going to do radiation \/ we\u2019re going to do chemo; and we\u2019re just going to pray that the Lord heals you,\u201d because the surgeon is a godly man. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe didn\u2019t really get what I got\u2014so that kind of concerned me, because I didn\u2019t think he felt the gravity of the situation. I tried to coax the surgeon in telling him: \u201cHey, this is what you told me.\u201d The details are fuzzy; but I don\u2019t think Matt really knew his prognosis for a <em>long<\/em> time after that, because I didn\u2019t want to be the one to tell him, but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So he\u2019s thinking: \u201cI\u2019ll get better; and then, we\u2019ll be okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cAnd I\u2019ll go in, in six months, for a checkup; and the scans will be clear, and everything will be good.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; yes. Once we started meeting with his neuro oncologist, that\u2019s when she was kind of able to give him some more facts\u2014and just like, \u201cThis is what\u2026\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Cold, hard truth.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Cold, hard truth; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We just need to say: \u201cThis all happened in 2009.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>\u2014at the end of 2009.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was told by somebody\u2014tell me if this is true\u2014that, at the end of two to three years, when you went back to see the doctor\u2014and they were surprised\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I mean, it\u2019s not like they hadn\u2019t seen you\u2014they were very relieved; but they said, \u201cOkay; the next marker is seven to ten years.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; Matt was having some kind of key man insurance put on him at church. They had to get some kind of deadline on his life from the oncologist; and they said, \u201cSeven to ten years.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was told that Matt asked the question, \u201cSo, when I get past ten years and I\u2019m still scan-free, what will you tell me then?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; I know.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And they said, \u201cWe don\u2019t know, because nobody\u2019s ever done that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes; you\u2019re right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>No one!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>I think there have been a few, right now, that are probably like 15 years-in; but they\u2019re very, very few. There\u2019s just no statistic, really, for him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You feel like God\u2019s healed him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>I do. I\u2019m just like: \u201cLord, You used that season. I\u2019m going to believe that You chose to heal him; and until You show us otherwise, we\u2019re going to trust You for that.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If you\u2019re sitting in an oncologist\u2019s office, at a regular checkup and scan, and they come in and say, \u201cWell, it\u2019s not the news we\u2019d hoped for this time,\u201d is your heart ready for that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>I don\u2019t know. I would hope it is, because of how God has sustained me in all these seasons. That\u2019s the thing about the book\u2014I don\u2019t start with the brain tumor. I go way back to these other seasons of my life, where the Lord has shown me that He\u2019s enough: \u201cI think I\u2019ll just take one day at a time and say: \u2018Lord, I\u2019ll trust You. I know You are still good, and I know You still sustain me with Your steadfast love.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll ask for the Lord to heal, but I will receive what He has. I mean, it\u2019s not going to be easy \/ I\u2019m not going to trick myself into believing that it\u2019ll just be easy, but I do think and I pray that I will trust Him in it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And so, what would you have to say to a listener, who\u2019s at the beginning of this process? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMaybe it\u2019s <em>their<\/em> health, maybe it\u2019s a child\u2019s health, their spouse\u2019s\u2014what would you instruct them to do as they read Psalm 107?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Take to heart that these people cried out, and that you don\u2019t have to be okay with it. I sat with a woman, whose husband has been diagnosed with cancer\u2014with a really aggressive form of cancer\u2014and she\u2019s pregnant with her second child. It is a really hard situation; and she\u2019s like, \u201cI\u2019m not okay with it right now.\u201d I said: \u201cI really don\u2019t think you have to be okay with it. I think you can be like, \u2018Lord, this is not right.\u2019\u201d And it\u2019s not\u2014I mean, it is the effects of a <em>broken<\/em> world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think it is okay to struggle with that and to <em>not<\/em> make peace with the problem or the trial, but just to make peace with God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou cry out to Him, in all your snot and all your tears, and you ask Him for healing; but more than anything, you ask Him to be near and for Him to show you how near He really is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>God is not threatened by our angry shouts\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Right; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014our tears\u2014our cries of anguish, of grief, of sadness, of sorrow, of potential loss.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>He can handle\u2014He\u2019s not insecure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>But He is the anchor that people are looking for. And to that person, who doesn\u2019t know Jesus Christ right now, who\u2019s listening\u2014who may <em>think<\/em> they\u2019re ready for heaven but they have no idea how they\u2019re going to get there \/ they have no idea what it takes to get there\u2014what would you say to that person?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes; somebody who\u2014you described yourself, earlier, as somebody who was trying to please God but not really surrendered to Christ; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Right; that\u2019s the cross\u2014I\u2019ve heard it the most simply put: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJesus lived the life you couldn\u2019t live and died the death you deserved to die. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd He didn\u2019t do it out of duty; but for the joy, set before Him, He endured the cross. There is a God who loves you\u2014who desires a relationship with you \/ who is the God who designed us to be with Him\u2014that He is the God with us. From the very beginning of time, His desire has been to be with us and among us and to dwell among His people.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe will use any trial and any season to draw you into Him. How we can see that His love is true and it is lasting is by looking at Jesus, who gave up, willingly endured one of the most violent, horrible, humiliating deaths so that we could know what it\u2019s like to be in a relationship with God. And then, the proof of it is that He didn\u2019t stay in the grave; but He rose. So just this proof of, \u201cI did it for you, because you couldn\u2019t on your own.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo it is that simple\u2014to just trust Him \/ to trust that Jesus has done it for you\u2014that a relationship with God is possible, and that\u2019s what you\u2019re meant for. You are meant to draw near to Him \/ to know Him\u2014to be used according to His purpose\u2014and that\u2019s where life, at its fullest, is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Surrender to Love Himself.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Lauren: <\/strong>Yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>His love endures forever. He died for you. He provided the way to a relationship with God the Father. Jesus said, \u201cI am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me.\u201d\u00a0 <em>He<\/em> is your salvation\u2014surrender to Him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>There is, on a website, at FamilyLifeToday.com, a link to something that\u2019s called \u201cTwo Ways to Live.\u201d It really lays out the options that are in front of each one of us: \u201cAre we going to live as slaves to our own passions or slaves to Christ? Are we going to follow God, or are we going to follow our own desires?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s the fundamental issue that everybody needs to wrestle with, and you need to decide: \u201cWhich side are you on?\u201d You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link that says: \u201cTwo Ways to Live\u201d to find out more about what it means to have a personal relationship with God through Jesus. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s where you would go, also, to find out more about Lauren Chandler\u2019s book, <em>Steadfast Love: The Response of God to the Cries of Our Heart<\/em>. It\u2019s a book that we have in our <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>Resource Center. You can order it from us at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call to order at 1-800-FL-TODAY. Again, the book is called <em>Steadfast Love<\/em>; it\u2019s by Lauren Chandler. Order online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-358-6329 \/ 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want to take just a minute and thank those of you who are helping to extend the reach of this ministry. You\u2019re actually helping your neighbors, your friends, people in other cities\u2014other countries even\u2014get access to practical biblical help and hope for their marriages and their families. When you support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, you\u2019re helping expand the <em>reach<\/em> of this ministry\u2014helping us get the message out to more people more regularly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe appreciate your partnership with us in that regard. In fact, if you can help us with a gift today, we\u2019d love to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a brand-new copy of Dennis Rainey\u2019s new book, which is called <em>Choosing a Life that Matters<\/em>. It\u2019s all about the foundational issues in our lives that need to be settled if we\u2019re going to have the kind of marriages and families that God\u2019s called us to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe would love to have <em>every<\/em> listener get a copy of this book; so we\u2019re happy to send you a copy if you can make a donation of any amount in support of the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Go online to donate at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make a donation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can mail your donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we are going to hear about another moment in Lauren Chandler\u2019s life that was a defining moment that God really used in her life. I hope you can be back tomorrow to hear her share that story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. 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