Topic: Fear
Hosts: Milo Curtis, Dave Ambrose
Guest: Chris Zaugg
Contact us at podcast@justlife.tv
Episode Synopsis
In this episode Chris Zaugg shares about the fears he faced when his son was diagnosed with cancer. Chris describes how this family crisis reshaped his perspectives, attitudes, and outlook on life.
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What do You Think?
We would love to hear from you and get some feedback on what you think about fear and its impact on your life or the lives of those around you. You can leave comments below and/or you can get a hold of us at podcast@justlife.tv or by leaving a comment below.
April 3, 2008 at 7:02 pm |
This podcast was very thought provoking for me. Whenever I hear stories like Chris’ family’s I put myself in their situation and think about how I would react, what I would I think and feel. This was a hard one. My wife and I are about 5 weeks from having our first child and already I feel this rejection of the thought of anything EVER being wrong with her (it’s a girl!). I found myself, already starting to worry for her and worry about how I would pay all the doctor’s bills and take care of my wife, all of these things that I don’t know how I would deal with.
It’s always a good thing to talk about stuff that scares us, challenges us and just make use think about life from a perspective we haven’t thought of before. Great Podcast, I’m challenged and I seriously felt more loved and comforted by God through this. Thank you!
April 3, 2008 at 7:31 pm |
Erik – Great comments! Thanks for the encouragement! It’s great to hear that it stirred something in you. – Milo
April 12, 2008 at 2:33 am |
I’m wondering how Mrs. Zaugg was reacting while all this was going down with her son?
June 29, 2008 at 12:45 am |
Dave,
This is from “Mrs. Zaugg.” (-:
Simply put…it hurt. I hated watching my son suffer through surgeries and chemo. I would much rather have had a miraculous healing. I had a sense that God was going to heal Cale through the normal medical means, but it was still emotionally and physically exhausting. We have 4 children, and our youngest was only 10 months old at the time of the diagnosis. I was working really hard to keep life as normal for them as possible. So, I think I couldn’t feel it all at the time because I was sort of in “survival mode”. It was after we were through it that the tears began to flow freely.
We experienced God doing awesome things on Cale’s behalf! We are so very grateful to him and all who prayed for him. In spite of this, I still developed questions about God’s love and trustworthiness. It’s a long story, but God has graciously been revealing more and more of His love and character through chipping away at a faulty foundation in my life and helping me to rebuild a solid one. I’m still in the process (God is so patient!). I don’t get it, but God has done something wonderful in me through this awful circumstance.
I also learned a new aspect of being a part of community. I hate accepting help. But, I really couldn’t do this one by myself. I thought that maybe something was lacking in my relationship with God since I couldn’t simply rely on Him to accomplish everything and see me through emotionally. A professor used Psalm 1 to show me that the people who helped me were my “roots” for that time. Very humbling to face my limitations! But, very wonderful to see that God designed community to help us in those moments.
Hopefully, these “snap shots” give you a bit of a picture of my reaction.
October 13, 2008 at 1:29 pm |
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