Living through our lives…

I find it especially hard when stuff is happening to kids. I stumbled across this post by my friend Stephen Shields about the upcoming surgery for his daughter Skye and her ongoing kidney issues. I know that I was totally freaked out when my son Benjamin was scheduled for an outpatient hernia repair. I am not sure even how to pray when I hear about situations like Skye’s. Maybe it is simple enough just to say, "O God, be with them, heal her."

I heard about a friend who was rushed to the hospital by ambulance last Friday. It was two days after the fact and she was home and recovering. These are the lives of folks that are living in the already and the not yet of the kingdom of God, where we are redeemed and yet still subject to disease and trials. Somehow, however, our faith helps us cope with these trials, and that has to be a good thing.