real things...

Crisis Relief International (CRI) message:

•> > We lost the city of Queragosh. It fell to ISIS and they are beheading children systematically. This is the city we have been smuggling food to. ISIS has pushed back Kurdish Forces, and is within 10 minutes of where our CRI team is working. Thousands more fled into the city of Erbil last night. The UN evacuated its staff in Erbil. Our team is unmoved and will stay. Prayer cover needed!!!

That was written in August. Forward 7 months and here they are...

the first day of clinic. almost every other patient I saw cried. They had good reason. 

I have shed more shallow tears of late. Remembering these things helps me reign in the pity party . There are more real things worth pouring our lives and tears over…