12.23.

These are words from a friend. They sum up so much.

"I saw a lame person today and it made me realize that I have a pair of legs. That may sound stupid but it really struck me. I have a pair of legs while that person has none and so... I will run. I must run. Because I have sight while a blind person doesn't, I must see. Because I can hear while a deaf person can't, I must listen. And because I have life while thousands upon thousands don't, I must live."

This is 2005. And Jesus Christ, I will run for You, I will see and hear and preach, I will love and cry and give and receive and care. I will hold your children and be held, I will give life my best shot. Because I am alive. And I must live.