just life

It seems that lately I keep hearing about kids getting tumors. And they are not benign. A former supporter and friend of Chip's from Alabama just had their 7 year old daughter diagnosed last week. Almost the same day a lady from my bible study here emailed about a 5 year old boy with a brain tumor. Of course we are and have been praying for little Noah, Donna's nephew. He is almost 7. It is scary and beyond sad. I am grateful for healthy children but know that that could change in a matter of minutes.

This is our temporary home. But what's hard is that we love hard while we are here. We are called to, but we also just do. We are relational beings, created by a relational being. So, life is hard. It gets harder the older we get. Problems get bigger and often are unavoidable or fixable. It's not supposed to be easy here though. I think I posted about this once before. We are to long for heaven, and that's hard to do when this life is so grand. And although we KNOW it is not, we often forget. Until real life kicks in for us or someone we know.

Please read Noah's blog if you do not already. It can be heart-wrenching. But, The Larkin family (all of them) need lifting up. They are tired. Pray that in their weakness HE will be their strength.