Heroes
I’ve written about heroes before. While visiting my hometown over Christmas I visited one of my favorite high school teachers, John Randall. I learned that he’s fighting inoperable lung cancer and may not have long to live. His and his wife Dawn’s courage, and the use they’re making of the time he has left, are inspiring to me. His weblog is recommended reading.
It was particularly meaningful for me to visit John as I hoped for a positive outcome to my friend Greg’s lung surgery last Friday. Greg possess a frank realism, good humor and tenacious love of life that are contagious, even if his stage-four colon cancer isn’t. I am profoundly grateful to God that I can call Greg and Christine friends and glimpse his grace at work in the midst of their suffering. Greg braved some seriously awful hours last weekend as he recovered from his surgery but he’s doing much better.
Let’s keep praying! 
