Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Unordinary

Asking God that your life not be ordinary is legit. Like totally a big deal.

     Yesterday you thought that your 'unordinary' meant saying temporary goodbyes to friends and family, elderly parents and sweet grand children, and moving your life to Kazakhstan. It's then that you receive news that 'unordinary' is something way deeper, something you don't know you will be able to handle. But then again, did you think you could handle moving to another country?

     Yesterday you were becoming okay with your 'unordinary' and we learned to call it trust. Today though, today you bring your ordinarily healthy self to the doctor for a painful stomach and hours later wake up from surgery to hear the word 'cancer'. They tell you that It's spread much further than the test that morning concluded. They say a number and your heart drops, it's hard to breath. Stage four.

     So this is the new 'unordinary'. But only new to you. God already knew. He has great plans for this 'unordinary' life of yours and through tears I pray, as I'm sure you are as well, that this 'unordinary' life would only show the world an extra-ordinary God. Because that's the 'unordinary' you sought in the first place, wasn't it?

     Praying for you, my friend. Thank you for living a life that isn't quite ordinary.

Friday, August 27, 2010

don't waste your cancer...

I've started following this blog written by a friend of a friend. It absolutely brought me to tears. Thankfully I have good self control and only let a few fall past my eyelids and stream down my cheek as I sat in my little corner at work, reading it. This girl is the same age as me. She is a real person. She has cancer, she just found out. It's in stage 4. Her faith makes me feel as though I'm missing something in my life. That love. That passion. Yes, I'm jealous that besides the sickness... she seems to have the absolute perfect life... husband and best friend who adores her and is able to work from home, beautiful little girl, house on the river, an amazing heart for the LORD... what more could you ask for? I want the passionate love for God that she has. I want to be that type of wife, that type of mother... the type who's priority is God and it is evident by the relationships she has and the decisions she makes. I know they say it's a scary thing to ask God to do whatever it takes to make us love Him more, but isn't it worth it?