Far From Over

Today is September 30: the last day of childhood cancer awareness month. But for families of children with this disease - and those of us who are choosing to walk beside them - it is far from over. We are aware of childhood cancer 24/7 whether we like it or not.

So much has happened this September even just within in our Break the Grey family: so many families struggling. Childhood cancer is brutal and it is ugly. One morning this month I was walking to school and just thinking about and praying for our families. So many of them were weighing heavily on my heart. I did what I do so often to try and clear my head and express myself: I turned on music.

The song I was listening to was called "The Power of Your Name" by Lincoln Brewster. The lyrics described exactly what it is Break the Grey is about, and why we are working towards awareness; why we choose to walk this journey with our families; why we don't give up.

Ultimately, at the end of the day, we do what we do because we love Jesus. Our goal is to love Jesus by loving on families of kids with cancer or other life-altering illnesses, and to see His Kingdom come in our lives and in the dark places in which we walk. That's why the chorus resonates with me:

"And I will live
To carry Your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be Your hands and feet
And I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see the world be changed
By the power of Your name"

That's what we're about. Loving hard. Ushering in a Kingdom. Glorifying Jesus.

Listen to the song here:

And please, please, please, don't let this be the end. Just because September will end in a few hours doesn't mean that childhood cancer does. Please continue to pray for our families. Please continue to pray about what you can do to love Jesus - whether it involves our ministry or not.

Because the fight - against childhood cancer, with and for our families, and for a Kingdom - is far from over.

Hoping, Believing, and Never Giving up,

Sarah