Friends

Jenn and I were talking yesterday about how our friends' different personalities have really come out when we've shared the news with them.

• Some friends thoughtfully try to meet our various practical needs.
• Some friends make us laugh and get our minds off of the fear and anxiety we're feeling.
• Some friends encourage us with stories of people they know that have been healed of cancer, reminding us that there is always hope.
• Some friends minister to us by talking to us frankly about cancer and death, showing us that they are things not to be feared.
• Some friends will interact with us just as they did before the diagnosis, giving us a sense of normalcy.
• Some friends will sit quietly and cry with us.

It seems that God brings us the right person to minister to us at the right time.  God knows when we need to laugh, and He knows when we need to cry.  The thing that all our believing friends have in common, though, is that they point us to Christ and remind us of the sovereignty of God.

Thanks to all our friends for all you've done.  You have no idea what a blessing you've been to me and Jenn.