Though I am healthy, as are my husband and children, and as I write, we are happily preparing our home to hold yet another family member, my heart is heavy.
There is a family I know of who just 2 weeks ago was in a similar situation as our family, happily preparing for the birth of a new baby. I don't know all the details of their life. I don't even personally know the family. I do recognize them as having attended the same college as David and I did at some point. A mutual college friend of ours recently posted pictures that she had taken of this family, the Halls. I looked through the photos and thought, "what a beautiful family!" as four small children gathered around their daddy and quite-pregnant mommy.
Then, early this week, I saw another facebook posting regarding the Hall family. They took their youngest, Taylor, in for a routine 18-month check at the doctor. The doctor found some sort of mass and sent them on to find out what was going on. What they originally thought was a non-cancerous mass on the liver turned out to be a cancerous, growing tumor in Taylor's abdomen, very near her spine.
The family, of course, is shocked. How could this all happen in just the course of maybe a week? I think of the Hall family often and pray for them, and cry many, many tears for them. The mom, Julie, is due with their 5th baby in about 6 weeks.
I know this family is questioning how this could happen so quickly, but I also know their foundation is in Jesus Christ. While they are sincerely suffering, they trust an all-knowing God. What a testimony.
My children are downstairs right now, running like crazy around their dad. They are healthy. They are rambunctious. And lately, I've gotten terribly annoyed with them. But hearing a story such as the Halls' makes me take a step back and sincerely thank God for every moment that I have to hold the babies He has given to me, and even to chase them around and clean up their messes.
Won't you take time today to do the same? Will you thank God that He has given you this day to love your child or another family member that you often take for granted? And will you join with me in prayer for the Hall family - Randy, Julie, little Taylor, her 3 older siblings, and this baby on the way?
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