This past week was an incredibly weird week for me, as a father, husband, teacher, and friend. Where do I begin? I will start with the notes I passed out to my students late last week. They appreciated the individual notes, and I didn't think they would think much of it. One of my students asked if I wrote different notes for all 74 students, and I simply replied, "Yes, and if I had not they wouldn't be called personal." He looked at me and said, "That's impressive." This is one of those students who isn't impressed with much. I share that because we never know how the small things in life, can have the greatest impact. Then the week started, and Sammy came down with a fever and this is where the week went, well...I guess you could say a little nuts!

Sammy had a temperature in the morning of May 19th, and I had my father in law come and pick him up, they don't let kids with fevers go to school, which is smart. I then set an appointment for Sammy and off we went to the doctor at 3:30 p.m. The doctor said he had a virus and that we would just have to let it take it's course. If you have kept up with the Chancey's you would know little Sammy has had his battles with being sick, so this wasn't anything new for us. So I took him home, and he drank a bottle, and then sammy took a nap (time 4:50). Sammy woke up and went back to sleep in my arms (time: 6:00)
I woke him at 6:20 to give him some Tylenol. 6:27 Much to my dismay Sammy started to heat up much like an electric blanket, I was about to take his temperature....then that is when my world was shaken!
6:30 Sammy went into convulsions, this was a fever induced (fibral) seizure that lasted for 3 and a half minutes. My heart pounded, my stomach dropped, and my mind raced. I know I am always thinking something, but never this much in such a short amount of time. I thought I was loosing my precious son, my little boy who always has so much joy in his eyes, was starring at me and not reacting. I cried out to him, to God, to my neighbors, my great, awesome, amazingly blessed life went by the wayside in this moment.
I have always stated an unmovable, unshakable faith....well it might have been shaken in these three minutes.
A neighbor was called over by another neighbor who happened to be a doctor. As soon as I began to be shaken in my faith, God stepped in and brought those to hold me up! A man by the name of Dr. Gieth (not sure if that is how you spell his name?) and he was a God send. Doing what he may call normal, I would say is nothing short of a miracle.
See God was my experience the whole time, not a second went by where God wasn't there. I know some people may pass this off as a common event, but for me it was a first time experience. Know let me refocus and open myself up to the world around me.
See I have always been a principled believer, and I have lately been somewhat complacent about my spiritual life. (That is separate story for now.) I want my son to grow up, knowing who Christ is, accepting him in his heart, and seeing his father live like no other. I am not sure if I can say that with pure confidence within the last few months. As I stood there with nothing to have in my power to help Sammy I realize that God is in control and I am not. If I would have been in control in this moment I would have had a profoundly negative affect on the outcome. I would have not been able to bring peace, people, and the Holy Spirit to ascend on Lisanne and I and let us know that everything was going to be OK.

I will conclude with this, no longer will I look at tragedy in a negative light, but will look at it as an opportunity for God to show up, and do big things. I realized, I really have to allow God to do his thing, and move out of his way.
Praise God for Sammy, his health, my wife whom I love with all my heart, my daughter Emmilyn, and my entire family!
I am a blessed man!