Rob.

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Date: 16 March 2006 15:03:10

I know that I've been saying this a while but had an email today that throws it into somewhat more of an urgency.

A bit of history however. A few years ago at Spring Harvest I picked up a book I'd not seen before: the Street bible. The first page I turned to was the Amos part when it says God wants to see a river of justice rushing through the streets. That's still my favourite page, the Street bible still my favourite version to read and 50 copies bought and divided between three youth congregations later I'm still as in awe and respectful of the project as ever I was (now renamed the Word on the Street). Recently I've been rereading the sequel project: the Liberator and, although it can never have the same impact on me, the same shock of the new, there's still a huge amount to love within the covers of the book...

During the writing of the Street bible the author, Rob Lacey, was diagnosed with terminal cancer. More details can be found on his website on that one, but at the time a lot of prayers floated heavenwards and, miraculously, he was healed. Met Rob since and, apart from the fact that he's like a kitten with too much energy he was ace to talk to. Really nice fella.

That was why, a short while ago when the first email came in saying that he had been re-diagnosed with terminal cancer again, it was such a blow to hear about the recurrance of his illness. Worse still was that fact that his wife is expecting their second child at the same time. Tbh, and I'm about to start praying all over again, it feels so bleak and so hopeless... Yet that's not the story of the bible is it, although within the pages there are messages of tragedy and loss it's not always so. Sometimes things change, things happen...

Anyhow:

Please do pause for a moment and pray for Rob, who is ill again and was rushed to hospital on monday morning.
please do pray for his wife, their son, and the unborn child. I'm torn between being overwhelmed by hopelessness and wanting to wrestle over the issue. Since I can't do both effectively I'm going to wrestle for a while although I feel drained and tired before I start. But it's all I can do so I will, please do join me.