How interesting life is on earth and how very much there is to learn along the journey. What a fantastic sermon our pastor taught on Sunday in his series "Ordinary Life - Extraordinary God." The message titled "Ordinary Faith" was about facing the giants. Giants being anything that defies our faith, what we believe and why we believe it. He stated that giants have a way of showing up in our lives, accept it! These giants are unexpected, relentless and are definite or life defining. The great news is Victory can be ours, we just have to find it.

The giants of my summer of 2008 definitely fit the bill. When facing the giants in my life, I have realized there are going to be many phases. I must take each phase as it comes and in time I will arrive at the victory. I am learning not to be ashamed of the fear in the early stages. The fear that arises when you suddenly realize the fine line of life and death. The post surgery fears I have of flight, the fear of over doing exercise and disrupting the clip, the fear that one cancer cell jumped ship and is invading, etc. Fear is there for a reason- to realize how precious life is and no human will live forever. For every great up- there has been a down for comparison. I am learning to be very appreciative of every day. I am trying to make the most of every day. As Pastor Greg noted, you must find the reason to fight, the name of God. The resource to fight, the strength of God. The resolve to fight, faith in God.