THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS

ALL DAY YESTERDAY, this thought kept coming to me: You're going to die.


My prognosis is bleak. Does anyone survive brain cancer? GBM, stage 4?

I remembered 1) what Lennie said to tell me, "It's going to be okay." 2) His wife Cheryl, his wife, said: "Kristy, when we were Young Life sponsors, a beautiful young sixteen-year-old girl came to our meeting and accepted Christ. We were thrilled. A few months later, she came down with cancer in her leg. Five months later, it had spread. 'Questions bombarded me,' Cheryl said. The girl walked the graduation line and then died. I couldn't understand. I said, 'Lord, how can you do this? Take this young girl who just accepted Christ and has a lifetime to of living?' Cheryl said the Lord said to her: 'Cheryl, I'm only taking her a blink of the eye in front of you.' She said that comforted her, to be reminded that life is short for all of us, compared with eternity.

Others sent so many encouraging things, I could write a book. My brother Terry, as well as Carlos, a deacon, and a few others who wrote me about King Hezekiah's unusual story of healing have been particularly meaningful, plus the other scriptures people have sent. Keep them coming.


LAST EVENING, around six or seven, the black veil lifted, and in its place came peace, joy, and love. I had I know it happened because people are praying for me. It's a wonderful thing to know that when you don't feel like praying--or, can't pray, God sends people to pray for you.


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I like this picture. It made me smile.

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Milton, here:

All of us choose what we dwell on. We can't always control what comes to our minds, but we can choose to change the subject or our thoughts. Kristy has chosen to meditate on the good things of the Lord. Thank you for praying for her and us. Prayer changes things....