There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire,
which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which
kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
-Washington Irving
I have too many flaws to count...but one of them regularly hits me in the face: inconsistency. I am a dreamer by nature...always coming up with adventures and ideas in my head but rarely ever making them happen. (prime example this "blog") I can honestly say that establishing a new habit is nearly impossible for me. However, there is ONE thing that I do every single day. That is I check on Katherine Wolf. I have never met her and probably never will... She suffered a massive brain bleed in April of 2008, and I happened to be studying for my last set of final exams in law school at Samford. I was procrastinating in the law library and noticed some rumblings on facebook about this beautiful girl about my age who was in surgery. Of course, that grabs your attention so I read about it. At first, the updates were gripping like something out of a movie, and I honestly felt a little guilty about reading them. However, when the reality of her neurological injury set in the updates became nothing short of divinely inspired. She went from looking like Christie Brinkley's twin, being a wife and mother of a 6 month old to fighting for her life and having more health hurdles to overcome than most 70 year olds. The long and short of it is that she is a miracle, and I have been challenged and encouraged more than I could ever imagine by reading about her journey. For months when she couldn't swallow, I would intercede in the shower and swallow on her behalf. I am no prayer warrior, but God has put her on my heart in a way that makes me want to fight with her. On my birthday this year, I decided to ask God for a gift. I wanted to see him obviously move in some way. There hadn't been an update on Katherine in a while so I decided to ask Him for a good update...some new accomplishment on her journey back. Because God must have a sense of humor and wanted to remind me that He gives beyond measure, there was an update on my birthday and it started like this: "My dear friend Lauren..." Of course, it wasn't about me but God and I had a good laugh about it.
I invite you to pray for her on this slow path to restoration. Her site where you can hear her speak on your identity in Christ, get updates, etc is:
www.katherinewolf.info
