Love the people that you love as well as you possibly can. I need to remember to do this everyday. Our days do not come guaranteed and we should not take them forgranted.
Please pray for the Freeburg family of Melbourne. I do not know them personally, but their 17-year-old son was killed in a tragic car accident in Melbourne. http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20107080313 I cannot begin to comprehend how difficult and painful this time must be for them.
I've been reminded often lately that life is precious.
A few weeks ago, my pastor's five-year-old niece was diagnosed with brain cancer. Her father has been blogging openly about the situation as a way to help us pray for them and especially, Ava. As I've read through Ava's father's blog, I've been challenged and inspired by his faith. A conversation that he wrote about having with his son really struck me.
"Noah asked me the other day if his sister was going to be ok. I said, "we believe she will." He said, "What do you mean, Dad? Why can't you promise me?" I told him..."I can't promise that you will be ok from here to Grandma's house when you leave the hospital, but I believe you will be." I was reminded by that conversation that God doesn't promise us tomorrow, but He promises that He is faithful. 1 Corinthians 1:9 tells us, "God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful."
That, I can promise...because he promised me."
Please continue to pray for Ava. She is home now and doing well. We are praying for her whole and complete healing as well as for the strength and wisdom of her parents as they seek further treatment for their daughter at this time.
I'm thankful for God's faithfulness. I'm thankful for His Grace. I'm thankful for all the blessings I've been blessed with and I want to remember not to take them forgranted. The people I've been given to love and the days I've been given to live are gifts - not an entitlement. (Which can be very difficult to keep in mind sometimes. Just thinking about anything happening to my daughter scares me to the core . . . but before she is mine, she is His . . . and I have to trust God - no matter what!) Remembering that puts life in humbling perspective of gratitude.
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