the view from eternity
Sometimes i think that writing about deep spiritual thoughts is something i should do only sometimes. But you know, i turned 39 this year. I'm pretty sure deep spiritual thoughts, might just be part of who i am. I think i'll stop fighting it. So here's one for you. Recently, i heard a little story on the radio, told by the Christian singer, Mandisa, telling her inspiration for one of her songs. The song is irrelevant to this particular deep thought (it's Overcomer), but the story made me think. I'm rusty on the writing, and i'm trying to cram some decent blogging into an insufficient time slot, so try to ignore the non-smoothness of this post. The story is about a friend (of Mandisa, not me), who heartbreakingly (if it's not a word, it certainly should be) became pregnant with her second child AND learned that she had breast cancer, in the same short season of life. This friend had to go through prenatal care and chemotherapy at the same time, a