The title of this blog...

Wow! We already have two followers and a comment! (thanks, Uncle Phil!)  Mom took a look this morning, and although I told her to think about it and give me feedback before we spread the word, she immediately started sending the link around! So...I guess we're moving on with this! I'm urging her to write something today, but we'll see. In the meantime, I thought I should explain the title of this blog. It sounds oxymoronic, I know, to call ALS a "light momentary affliction."  I won't go into the pathology of the disease here, but if you are unfamiliar with it, as I was a few months ago, you can go to alsa.org where you'll learn very quickly that it is anything but light. The title of our blog comes from 2nd Corinthians 4:16-18 which says:
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."
So much can be said about this passage of God's word, especially in light of what my mom is facing. It encourages us not to lose heart. It reminds us that we are all "wasting away" whether we have a disease or not. Our bodies are here for a season, but the weight of glory that awaits those of us who have put our faith in Christ is for eternity.  It is the eternal that we are to look to, which is hard because it is unseen and requires great faith.  It is sobering and comforting all at once, and it gives us hope in something greater than this life!