This race and support group came at such a perfect time in my life. I never cease to be amazed at the little ways God takes care of us. My brother, who I've mentioned before, is struggling again with issues with his brain. He had a surgery last week from which he is not recovering very well. He is in a lot of pain and the doctors have no great answers for him at this point. It is an incredibly frustrating and heart-breaking time for our whole family. He is an amazing person...hard-working, a great dad and husband, and exemplifies a Christian man. He does not deserve an ounce of the enormous pain he has suffered through for the last 7 years. Every time I run now, I run my first and last mile for him. He ran cross country in high school and continued to run until doctors told him not to about 2 years ago. I ran my first half with him and he stuck by me the whole time to encourage me, even though he could have finished well before our time together. I'm praying that we'll run another race together again someday! Training for this race has given me an outlet for all my frustrations and sadness about my brother. I end all my runs now with Amazing Grace by Chris Tomlin. It's awesome. "My chains are gone, I've been set free, my God my Savior has ransomed me..." I know we've all had some kind of chains in our lives...pain, insecurities, disappointments, self-doubt. Isn't it great that we have a Savior who sets us free...even when the most brilliant doctors in the world have no answers?!
God IS good all the time...we just have to choose to see the good when life gets tough!
Rebecca
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I watched a special on a seventeen year old kid with cancer on ESPN last night. He was 93lbs his senior year of high school and on the baseball team. The coach put him in during the last game of the season and he got a hit. They interviewed him and he said I don't know what cancer has in store for me but in the mean time I know I'm going to live as long as I'm alive.
Your family will remain in my prayers. If you don't mind, can I know your brother's name, Kim,Sarah, and Melinda (also on the emails)we all do Bible study together, and I know they will want to be praying for God's healing for your brother also.-LJ
Thank you so much for praying for him...his name is George Gaston.
Rebecca:
We will be praying for your brother and all of you! He sounds like a wonderful man who knows the prize he is running for! My brother ran my first marathon with me too......waaaay in the back of the pack! He even had to join the race as a "walker" to get on the trail. (Total humiliation but he did it for me!)
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever!" 1 Cor 9:24-25
God is good - All the time!
Robin
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