Where is Your Mind? Where is Your Heart?

A few months ago, my friend (Sara) gave birth to a stillborn daughter (Anna). A month later my friend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. The way Sara has approached both the death of Anna and now her cancer have been inspiring. I have never witnessed someone praise God in the midst of storms as Sara has done and is doing. God is truly using Sara as a witness and a servant. Anyway, Sara has a caring bridge page and asked her dad to post something today. Please read the words from Sara's dad as it is applicable not only to Sara but to all of us.



When we arrived that fateful Tuesday morning, I saw clearly what I had detected in your voice on the phone. No “wringing of hands”… no “fretful wailing”...just a weary surrender to an overwhelming enemy …cancer…advanced cancer…active cancer…appearing out of nowhere, compounding the weight of woe over the loss of our precious Anna.


I begged you not to lose hope, but rather to prepare yourself for the life and death “battle for your mind and heart.” Satan is tremendously skilled in prompting our minds to focus on the seemingly insurmountable foes that present themselves during our lifetime. He whispers “give up”…”give in”…“just let it go.” He loves to come to us in the darkness of night, on the dreary days, in the lonely hours, and when we are physically weak. And he is very good at what he does.


Some 2000 years ago, Paul pleaded with us to battle for our hearts and minds. When the sudden onset of a powerful calamity threatens to overwhelm, he exhorts us to…(now, take a deep breath)
take our eyes off the danger before us,  close our eyes and reminisce about the many, many times, the Almighty God has powerfully intervened and come to our rescue, and give thanks.
 
And with that renewed recognition and trust in the ALMIGHTY, we pray and make “supplication” (i.e. beg with every fiber of hope and assurance in our being!). The certain outcome is “the peace that passes understanding” that “will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” So says Paul in Philippians 4:6-7.

So my precious Sara, fight hard for your mind and heart! In this spiritual and physical “tug of war” in which you are now engaged, don’t be overcome by the view of the powerful enemy that would pull you into the abyss before you, but instead, ever hold on to the “rope of hope.”

Look over your shoulder, and see the powerful armies of God who are pulling with you, and let the strength of His mighty arms pull you to safety!



What an incredible message. We are all engaged in some sort of spiritual and physical "tug of war" because Satan is always on the attack. We each have a "tug of war" going on in our lives.  So, just as Sara's dad asked her, his words are now asking you...where is your heart? Where is your mind?

You can follow Sara's journey here: Sara Walker