Your prayers needed

This weekend has turned out to be an unexpectedly emotional couple of days. You know when everywhere you turn you seem to be hearing bad news, and then...you get even worse news. Well we recieved word yesterday that a good friend of ours has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, very uexpectedly, and this being our seccond friend in under two years to have this diagnosis, has us realing. Even as I write this I feel speachless because I can barely think about it. I can only pray and beg for God's hand to be in this and I ask for any of you who read this to please join me. This friend is a beautiful person and has a young family who also needs our support and prayers as they begin this very long and painful road.

You know, i'm sure we are all thankful everyday for health and blessings we have in our lives but you know, really, it can be any day when that changes. Why do we forget that so easily in the heat of the moment, or in between tradgedies? What does being thankful in life on an everyday basis look like? We can say that we are, but does my/your life really relflect that? Is it enough to just say that you are thankful everyday? And then for what? What does that change? And if you don't know God, then who are you being thankful to?

This guy is passionate about Christ and God's amazing grace, and what he has done in his life. And already he is finding joy in the opportunitues he is having to share his faith with staff and anyone else who will listen. His passion and focus is an amazing testimony to me and anyone who calls them self a christian.
The one thing that I am thankful for in all the sadness surrounding this news is that at least he knows God personally and intimately and with that brings hope.