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I was introduced to Kara Tippetts (not personally, though that would have been lovely) one evening when I was driving home from work.  <\/span>She was on the Christian radio station I listen to.  <\/span>On that short 10 min drive I heard enough to know I wanted to know more about this lady battling stage 4 breast cancer.<\/div>\n
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It was spring 2014 and my mom was in the midst of being diagnosed with cancer.  <\/span>We didn\u2019t know what exactly was attacking her body yet, but it had already destroyed several of her vertebras and was clearly a savage intruder in her body.<\/div>\n
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That evening Kara spoke in an interview how we often forget that God will be with us in the future, just as he\u2019s with us today; that when the future shows up, God is already there.  <\/span>We tend to forget this as fear of the future unravels our lives.  <\/span>She referenced Proverbs 1:33<\/st1:time> \u201cBut all who listen to me will live in peace and safety, unafraid of harm (without dread of destruction).\u201d  <\/span>My mom echos her sentiments as she stated in the uncertainty of her storm: \u201cit will be okay.\u201d  <\/span>These four little words speak volumes.  <\/span>They say that God\u2019s got this and he\u2019s holding you and I no matter what happens.  <\/span>They say that fear is not welcome because trust is present and perfect love will prevail ushering in peace and safety.<\/div>\n
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I tucked these moments away in my journal for the next couple of years; but once again Kara Tippetts popped, very much welcome, into my life.  <\/span>I remembered she had taught me something when Mom was acutely sick and so I hunted down my journals to remind myself of her wisdom.  <\/span>Indeed, this verse and this concept continue to be a rock as I myself battle cancer. And Kara Tippetts continues to be a woman I look to as an example.  <\/span>Sadly, she passed away in 2015 (Oh how I had hoped miracle upon miracle that when I googled her I\u2019d find her alive), but not before writing books, blogging her heart out and championing LIFE.  <\/span>She is known for being a voice promoting life when Medical Assisted Dying was becoming legal in the United States<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.  <\/span>I think Kara and I would very much have enjoyed one another\u2019s company.<\/div>\n
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You see, I went to her blog today and read her words and oh how they echoed my soul.  <\/span>They say what I have not been able to.  <\/span>So please read this beautiful woman\u2019s words and hear my own heart in them.  <\/span>Thank you Kara for sharing what it is like. 1<\/div>\n
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Each day is a battle to see, a struggle to learn, a fight against the lies of hopelessness. Each day I wake, I remember my story, then I want to go back to sleep. But through each day, I see so much truth, hope, life, joy that I simply cannot check out of living and fighting for my moments. <\/span>\u2026\u2026<\/span>. Slowly, I will drink my coffee and read my Bible, and find the strength to get moving beyond my despair. Some days I begin the day faking it for the benefit of my children, and some days I move from my bed with genuine strength and hope for the day. Each day has some mercy to make the moving possible.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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“…fighting for my moments”.  <\/span>FIGHTING FOR THE MOMENTS.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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We need to fight for the moments.  <\/span>They rarely fall effortlessly into our laps.  <\/span>And it is in the fighting and the wrestling that the beauty increases.  <\/span>These moments are golden.  <\/span>They are priceless and valuable.  <\/span>(Oh how valuable, that like Kara I am not going to let go of any extra minute to end these moments, no matter how difficult.)<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Beauty will find us there; in the pain, in the sorrow, in the fight.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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And it will be okay.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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It will be okay.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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1. www.mundanefaithfulness.com  <\/span>(I hope I have not overstepped by quoting this.) <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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