Pray for Kate Today!!!

Have you ever heard the song "Beautiful" by Kari Jobe? Oh my. Love it.

Okay, guys. Today is a really really big day for little Kate, who I've been asking you to keep in your prayers. She has an MRI at 3:00 to reveal what has happened so far since she's had treatment. I'm strongly urging you to keep her in your prayers as she undergoes this MRI, that God will be ever so close to her. Don't forget her mama and daddy, Holly & Aaron, and her siblings, Olivia & Will. Can you imagine the anxiety? Pray for nothing less than a miracle!

You may be thinking, "Sarah...why do you care about all this? You're blessed beyond measure with two precious little angels, so why worry yourself with Kyrie and Kate and Sicily and whoever else you don't know?" You're right. I am. But so are you...and you know what? You should be right along with me in this journey, even though it's not our fight, and even though we don't know them. It's our obligation and privilege, as brothers and sisters in Christ with Holly, Aaron, Patrick, and Kerry, to lift up one another in prayer.

I care because I've tried to put myself in Lacie's & Holly's & Kerry's shoes (although it can't even begin to come close to what they're actually feeling), and I know that if my sweet Maya was diagnosed next month with any form of cancer--treatable or untreatable--I would be completely devastated. I can only imagine that the two sources of my strength would be my Jesus and my prayer warriors.

And here is another reason I care. I'm pretty sure all of you are aware of my issues with anxiety. And, you may or may not know that my absolute biggest fear and stimulation of anxiety is death. I can't bear the thought of it. I can't even begin to fabricate not being able to see Maya and Gabriel grow up...or the thought of them not knowing me as their mama. It literally scares me to death and sends me into outrageous attacks. Until recently.

God has a funny way of revealing things to us, sometimes. I, too, have questioned my interest in Kyrie, Kate, and Sicily. But I have slowly come to realize that every time I start freaking myself out about dying, my thoughts immediately go to these three girls, 2 of which are in Heaven now...and I think, "Wow! She's with Jesus! And...I don't want to go right now, but if God chooses to take me I will get to meet her! And if she was brave enough to face death...then so can I."

Aberrant, maybe. But it works. And I don't think it's just by some 'chance' that I've learned about these sweet lives. I think God has intentionally brought me (AND YOU) into these lives so we can pray for them and build them up, as well as see how He miraculously works in ways we can't even grasp.

Don't forget to pray for Kate. 3:00.

Big Love,
Sarah