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The Remains of the Day

I’ve written about my nephew Kael, and his condition, before… (Here:  “Please…”

and here:“To Whom It May Concern”).

Kael

Kael

….and today, as we celebrated his brother Ronin’s birthday, I was reminded to keep praying for Kael -

….to never stop.

I witnessed one of his seizures today, for the first time.  It was horrific…

….and my sister and brother-in-law (Katie and Michael) deal with this reality every second of every day.  It’s always life-threatening and potentially life-altering.

So, in the remains of this day, I’m simply asking that when you whisper your prayers tonight…please remember little Kael.  Please…

I thank you from the deepest part of my heart.

Peace.

Think Pink….

Knowledge is power, after all.

GO GIRL POWER!  Read more here…

And please remember to pray for those who are battling cancer.

Pray, work….learn….fight.  These are very “girlie” things to do anyway, I think!

So, THINK PINK!

LOVE WINS!

LOVE WINS!

Peace to you all!

Split Second

I’ve been thinking all day about how quickly life can change. In the blink of an eye - a phone call, a conversation, an email - in a split second everything can change…

Life is such a beautiful and miraculous gift…but, so fragile too.

Your baby can become ill (please pray for my nephew Kael), and your world can revolve around his health and care. Your spouse can leave. A loved-one can die suddenly…

In a given day, a myriad of possibilities can unfold…some beautiful - some devastating…

It can seem so random…so out of control. I don’t want to pretend that I have all the answers to the obvious questions that these situations bring up - “Why do bad things happen to good people?” - but, I do believe that God has a plan…

It’s just that sometimes in the midst of the surreal unfoldings of these life-altering moments, it can seem like there is no plan…no sense…no mercy.

I do know that we were not created to live like this. We were made for the Garden…for living in harmony and beauty to bring joy and praise to our Creator. We were not made for this harsh and barren fallen-world.

So, this side of Heaven, we live in our fragile state - being “precariously perched” above the next moment of exhilaration…or disaster.

But, no matter how random or out of control life can seem, we are never outside of the reach of our Father…our Creator who made us to live in harmony and beauty…

  • Please pray for the Vaught family - specifically, for Lauren. If you know Diane, then she has probably prayed for you. She has comforted you if you’ve experienced a loss. God has used her to speak His grace and mercy into countless lives in the midst of grief. She needs us to do that for her now. Please pray for her daughter, Lauren. Pray for Divine Intervention…pray for strength and healing. Just pray. God knows. God hears.

We need each other.

Thank you, in advance, for your prayers.

Peace…peace.

So, Now It’s Monday…

…and I feel like I thought I would - like a zombie!

Yesterday was awesome. I’m still working on pics from Saturday and Sunday - a few of them are already on the “C3 ROCKS” page, and there are more on the “Women of C3″ blog.

So many people had great things to say about our first service in the theaters. Of course, Byron had some things to say - and then Barry Leather said this.

Darrell had this to say in his blog. And Ali said this about her family’s experience.

Music moves me. All night, the words to one of the songs we sang yesterday played over and over in my head.

“Closer” (by Charlie Hall):

Beautiful are the words spoken to me
Beautiful is the one who is speaking

Come in close, come in close and speak
Come in close, come closer to me

The power of Your words
are filled with grace and mercy
Let them fall on my ears and break my stony heart

Come in close, come in close and speak
Come in close, come closer to me…

For me, yesterday was about grace and mercy - and the power of the Words of God! Now I just need Him to come in closer, closer…and give me - give all of us the strength to keep up this pace.

So, today I’ll rest so that after this week of work, we can do it all over again next Sunday. I’m exhausted - but, the truth is, I can’t wait!

Because, “…beautiful are the words spoken to me” - and “beautiful is the One who is speaking”!

Peace and rest to you.