But, seriously....I am feeling sad.  Our friend, Chris Cardwell, is not doing well and hospice has been called.  I have mentioned him a couple times in previous blogs....he has leukemia.....was treated once before, but his leukemia returned and now they are telling him they have tried everything.  He is a good friend.... he has been through so much and I wish I could know the way to heal him....or have some wisdom into what could speak peace into his heart.  I am still praying earnestly for him and his physical healing, but I have been thinking more lately about what surrender really means.  Chris is a tough guy....as he has chronicled his battle with leukemia he has referred to himself as a warrior...and he really has given it a huge fight....and so, as I am confronted with the fact that he is at a point of surrender now....it feels wrong....it feels like giving up.

There is a statement people say sometimes like, "You don't know how strong you are until strong is the only option", but our strength can only last so long.....and that is why the battle is not ours to fight....we cannot rely on our own strength.  We have to see that our perceptions of our own strength or our ability to control our lives is very short-sighted. And, surrendering completely to God is WINNING....that is the ability to see through the current battle to the victory at the end of the WAR.

Karly came to talk to me the other night about Mr. Chris and she was crying and wishing God would heal him like we have been praying and we talked as we both cried about how God will do that....either He will do that now or He will do that  as Chris enters Heaven, but GOD WILL DO THAT.  We do know THE WAY to Chris's healing.