News.

Well, the little girl might be coming home from the hospital today.

I got corrected about the cure rate, it is 90%-95%.

She will be undergoing much outpatient treatment, so please continue to pray for her.

Thanks, guys.

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We have no reason to complain.

That's a very good way to summarize what I'm about to say.

I woke up sick this morning, stayed in bed until 1.30ish, and have been feeling generally whiny and self-pitying since then. I've been being moderately rude, and not at all Christ-like. Then I was out with my Mom, and she told me about a little girl that I know. She has leukemia.

This girl is nine, one of the sweetest girls I've met in a long time, and she has leukemia!!!

For those of you who don't know, when I was about this girl's age, my Grandmother died of leukemia. I have had slight issues with cancers of any sort since then, but leukemia really actually scares me.

Fortunately, thank God, she has the most treatable strain of the cancer. There's a 90% cure rate. She's already on chemotherapy. So now, I beg of you my friends, please pray for this little dear one.

So small......We have no reason to complain, my friends. No reason!!!

Concerns and otherwise.

I'm really nervous about this revolutionary trend of thought that I'm seeing spread around those that I know and love. This concept that unless God says "no" outright, whatever you happen to be thinking or doing is right? That makes me nervous and concerned.
I'm also incredibly concerned about one of my friends. He is making some decisions that are somewhat hazardous to his health, and I'm trying to make decisions based on promises that I have made.
Add to that concern for another friend of mine. I've been praying much for him, and I'm watching start to revert slightly, and it scares me.
Toss in some more concern for another friend, who is taking steps but still needs to be careful.

I AM SO CONCERNED AND I NEED TO PRAY MORE THAN I DO!!!!!!!!!!


Anyhoo...church was today and that was nice. I'm really enjoying going through The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis with a group of friends, peers, and respected adults. Something that we read today particularly stuck out. It encapsulates what I've been trying to say to several dear ones over the course of the last few years. Keep in mind that this is said by a demon, the said Screwtape:

"Our cause is never more in danger, than when a human, no longer desiring, but intending, to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys."

A song for my loved ones.

This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong
Who would have guessed it
I will not leave alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like it's not too late
It's never too late

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late

No one will ever see
This side reflected
And if there's something wrong
Who would have guessed it
And I have left alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late
It's never too late

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late

The world we knew
Won't come back
The time we've lost
Can't get back
The life we had
Won't be ours again

This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late
It's never too late
It's not too late
It's never too late


Not Too Late, Three Days Grace