Thoughts...

This has been a slow, thoughtful week. One of my tennis buddies shared with us that she will not be playing this season due to breast cancer. Her prognosis is great and they caught it very early, but still...She is fun and funny and we will miss her laughter on the courts, this season.

We also have a family friend who will be undergoing a bone marrow transplant today. I've been spending some quiet time in prayer for healing for many people this week. It is humbling and makes so many things seem small.

I have tried to write this post several times this week. I keep getting stuck. Right here. Maybe it is best to turn it over to God, and not say more than he has already said:

Psalm 46

¹ God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
² Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
³ though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging...

⁵ God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day...

¹⁰ He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”

¹¹ The LORD Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.