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Posted 2013-12-18T00:22:55Z

COME THOU FOUNT

You know that story in Luke 7 where a woman (“a sinner” it says, presumably Mary, according to John 12) was in the house of a Pharisee, and she washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and dried them with her hair? It’s always painted as a beautiful portrait, almost poetic. In my imagination, though, it’s always been sort of… unflattering. My mental image thinks of a 5 year old boy whose mother just told him to wash his own feet after stomping barefoot through the mud: SORT OF clean, but not REALLY- hints of mud still showing through cracks and crevices. “How could she have cried enough to REALLY get all that dust and grime off his feet? And even if she did, how can you dry something with hair?” Not to detract anything from the real point of the narrative, but it’s the story that’s been on my mind this afternoon.[...]

Posted 2013-12-16T20:47:20Z

IN SPITE OF IT ALL...

As far as Hospital food goes, it’s not too bad here! I just had a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup (one of my comfort foods that ISN’T Blue Bell), and I wasn’t let down. Of course, I guess it’s difficult to mess either of those up too bad. From the cafeteria to ESPECIALLY Brock’s nurses and therapists, we are being taken care of very well.[...]

Posted 2013-12-15T21:21:25Z

DOES PRAYER WORK?

When we get to about 6pm, it will have been about a week to the hour that we noticed the original symptoms of an illness I’ve only heard a couple times in my lifetime. In this first week, we’ve experienced incredible outpourings of love and support for our family. I know that thousands upon thousands of prayers have gone up and continue to intercede for us. Let me give you an update on those prayers since the original diagnosis:[...]

Posted 2013-12-14T00:06:55Z

BRACE YOURSELVES

Cause when I'm weak, You make me strong
When I'm blind, You shine Your light on me
Cause I'll never get by living on my own ability

So I'll stand on Your truth, and I'll fight with Your strength
Until You bring the victory, by the power of Christ in me.[...]

Posted 2013-12-13T02:34:07Z

LASER-BEAM EYES


HE OPENED HIS EYES TODAY! They’re as beautiful as I remember (5 days ago seems like an ETERNITY!) More on this at the end…

As I type this, my loving congregation at Grapevine church of Christ (www.GrapevineChurch.com) is holding a prayer vigil for Brock and my family. Knowing that there is a an entire group of people who have taken time to meet together and pray as a community makes me so proud to consider myself a part of that family. And knowing that people are constantly praying around the clock gives me strength and hope. As a side note, the link above now has a link to donate online, which also has links to Facebook this site. Sub-side-note: I'm taking down the CaringBridge site soon because of the donation confusion.[...]