i have had one of the most peculiar weeks of my life. last saturday an old high school friend wrote me and told me that a good friend of his had just died of cancer. then on sunday afternoon i received an email from friends in spain informing that a mutual, dear friend had just died of cancer. then on monday i exchanged emails with another friend who is planning a 1-year memorial for his wife who died of cancer last year. then a good friend called me and told me that his skin cancer had returned...and it sounded serious. then one of the people i work with told me that an old college friend was given just a few weeks to live...they were dying of cancer. when another work associate heard of this, they told me that they had just heard that one of their old high school friends had just died of cancer over the weekend. oh, and did i mention that i was invited to a prayer meeting for a friend of several of my friends to pray for his healing...from cancer?
when this all started rolling-out, i thought, "wow, this is really breathe-taking. Lord, i need you.
i bet others go through things like this in their life, and they need you, too." so i decided to write something that i hope encourages you to find peace, hope, and comfort in Jesus.
oh, and before i go on, the last straw was a text message i received about 50 minutes ago, informing me that someone i know just had a heart attack, and had a stint put in one of their arteries.