December 2, 2016

“You Make Me Brave”

I stand before You now
The greatness of your renown
I have heard of the majesty and wonder of you
King of Heaven, in humility, I bow

As Your love, in wave after wave
Crashes over me, crashes over me
For You are for us
You are not against us
Champion of Heaven
You made a way for all to enter in

I have heard You calling my name
I have heard the song of love that You sing
So I will let You draw me out beyond the shore
Into Your grace
Your grace

You make me brave
You make me brave
You call me out beyond the shore into the waves
You make me brave
You make me brave
No fear can hinder now the love that made a way

You make me brave
You make me brave
You call me out beyond the shore into the waves
You make me brave
You make me brave
No fear can hinder now the promises you made
You make me brave
You make me brave
No fear can hinder now the love that made a way
Bethel Music

This song is one of about 80 songs that are on our KB or Kayleigh playlist. If you happened to visit our home in the last couple of months we were likely to have the lights down and the KB playlist of praise and worship music playing in the house at all times. This is also the same music we had playing at Kayleigh’s viewing and celebration of life service. This song really made me think of Kayleigh’s attitude and fight for the last six months. Honestly, this song makes me think about every St. Jude’s patient that we came in contact with while Kayleigh was in Memphis. New patients often times were scared or timid but that only lasted for a short time. After a few days, these children would feel safe and be confident. They fed off of the love and compassion from the doctors, nurses, and St. Jude workers that all contribute to give these extremely sick kids world class treatment and care – and most importantly hope. These kids learn to fight for their lives and in a lot of cases teach their parents how to fight as well. St. Jude Hospital in Memphis, TN became Kayleigh’s safe place and second home away from home. I am sure that is true for many St. Jude patients. The parents of St. Jude patients quickly become family – caring for each other in every situation. Whether you child is fighting aggressive cancer or is just in town for a quick check-up, everyone understands . The goal of every St. Jude parent is the same and that is to fight for your child and make sure that your child knows they don’t have to fight their sickness alone. From the beginning we became part of the St. Jude family with all of the families that God placed in our path for the good. A lot of families give up jobs, homes, whatever it takes to be with their children at St. Jude or other great cancer institutions all over. These are just a few families that had an impact on our family in just a short time and each and every one on this list battled or are currently battling their own rare disease.
#Prayersforsawyer
#AnnasArmy
#DebraNorthington #Jon-MichaelNorthington
#PrayersforSuperSweetSydney
#Kaleighstrust
#SuperSam
#AllintoWinFoundation
#defeatDIPG
#ParkerLovesLife
#prayersforaidenaunton
#GoTeamDamian
#Paisleesprayerposse

Tomorrow morning St. Jude will host the St. Jude Marathon in Memphis, TN. This is the single largest annual fundraiser for St. Jude Research hospital and takes place in and around the St. Jude campus in downtown Memphis. There will be over 40,000 participants in the race events tomorrow. Unfortunately, ‘Carrow and I were not able to participate like we had originally wanted this year. St. Jude obviously has a place in our heart and will continue to be a special place for us and our family after the treatment and care that Kayleigh received. We made lifelong friends at St. Jude including patient families, nurses, doctors, and staff in every building we frequented. Tomorrow we have between 25-30 close friends from Hartselle and North Alabama running on Team Kayleigh. My sister is also running solo tomorrow in honor or Kayleigh. We also have 80 new friends from the Jasper Track Club in Jasper, AL running in honor of our amazing girl. No, we cannot be there to run for Kayleigh, but she is being honored by some very special people. St. Jude is an amazing place, and our family will be supporters from now on. I urge you to consider supporting St. Jude if you don’t already. And honestly if you are unable to donate monetarily to St. Jude Hospital then you can easily pray for the kids, patients and families of St. Jude. We are living proof that prayer makes a huge difference. Thank you to everyone running tomorrow for Team Kayleigh and all of St. Jude Hospital!

Colossians 4:2-5
2. Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and thankful heart. 3. Pray for us too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. 4. Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should. 5. Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. 6. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.

Until Tomorrow Tim