This has been a really tough week for me. One of the hardest I have had to endure in a long time. First, I find out that my grandfather who left my dad’s mom for his second family never amounted to anything. He died an old lonely man without a bit of pride left to his name. I could care less, because I never met him a day in my life. Never chose to.
The hard part of the week was when I heard the news about one of my closest friends who comments regularly on this blog. He woke up early Wednesday morning by seizures. His wife took him to the hospital and they found out he had a large tumor in his brain. It apparantly has been there for a number of years due to its size and slow growth.
 I went up minutes after finishing my children’s birthday party on Saturday and stayed until last night. It was surreal. I have many friends and a good number of them live dangerously, but not him. He was the last one I would expect for something life-threatening to occur. It shows that we can never allow ourselves to feel too safe in this world.
I stayed with him for most of my visit. He knew I cared, but I couldn’t show him how much I cared. My heart was broken for him. My heart was broken for his wife. He is a Mormon, and I am a Wesleyan, but I could care less about “evangelizing” too him. I’ve gotten more spiritual inspiration from him and his family than many fellow traditional Christians.
This is why I’m not afraid for him. I’m afraid for myself. I participated with his family in the sacraments. They diligently prayed. They passionately fasted. Tears fell from their faces as they tried to receive the comfort and the strength from God. Tears fall from my eyes as I try to receive comfort from the same God. Please remember Darius Trunk in your prayers
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I finally got around to seeing this–just now. I cried when I read it. Hang in there man. I know I am. I can only imagine how you all (my closest loved ones) felt while watching me lay there helplessly in the hospital. I hope you are doing better now. Things are better with us. I am moving around much better and am working from home. You would be shocked to see me. In fact, maybe we’ll post a youtube video soon.
Love,
DT
I am normally not at this site. But I did want to comment on what both of you have said. There are so many ways that the Lord gives us strength and builds us up to become like Him. I know that the Lord gives us challenges in this life so that we can prove ourselves. We qualify for these challenges and should welcome them when we are given a challenge. The Lord is there to help us go through it, if we but lean on him. The Lord is with us and we just need to lean on Him for everything.