life life
this world is full of death.
today (monday, the 15th) is the birthday of two of my friends, andie and afton hilgers. both of them bring me immense joy, and are full of life and give me hope for people in this world. a year ago, i could not have imagined that they would be my friends, granted that i didn’t even know them. yet life has a funny way of colliding us into each other in such a way that we’ve left impacts. i am so grateful for the both of them, and miss them sorely from oregon.
on the other side of things, a while back a friend of my roommates named john was diagnosed with cancer. doctors found two tumors on his brain, and we have spent much time praying and crying out to God on his account. after some time, he was finally able to get scheduled for a pretty serious operation to have the tumors removed. the date scheduled for surgery was today, the same day which i celebrate the birth of two of my closest friends. upon entering the hospital, john was given an mri to locate the tumors and plan a strategy for their removal.
the strange thing is, though, that neither tumors could be found.
that’s right. you heard me correctly. gone. this life-threatening disease that has kept many of us awake and in supplication to the Lord no longer exists. we could go back and forth and talk about coincidence and phenomenon, but the fact is that our friend- who was dying- is alive. very much so. it’s miraculous.
now, i don’t know how God works. i’m not sure why some are healed and others aren’t. i don’t know why sometimes He reveals Himself as healer, and other times as Comforter to the survivors. but the fact is that i am going to praise Him for this miracle.
so in summary: two of my most appreciated and greatest friends are celebrating twenty years on this harsh world, and another was cured of cancer, not due to any human effort.
this world is full of death. but every so often, life pushes up through the cracks, and reminds us that God is good, and that He has other things for us.
now, if you’ll excuse me, i’m going to fall asleep to sufjan’s “the age of adz” and dream of a Life that never ends.
