{"id":257,"date":"2009-04-21T15:59:37","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T15:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barryandmichelle.com\/2009\/04\/21\/terrible-and-beautiful\/"},"modified":"2009-04-21T15:59:37","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T15:59:37","slug":"terrible-and-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barryandmichelle.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/21\/terrible-and-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrible and Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; <a href=\"http:\/\/barryandmichelle.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e553d96a5d883301157036e108970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GetAttachment-1\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e553d96a5d883301157036e108970b \" src=\"http:\/\/barryandmichelle.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e553d96a5d883301157036e108970b-500pi\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"GetAttachment-1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/barryandmichelle.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e553d96a5d883301156f4084ef970c-pi\" style=\"float: left;\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: monospace;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">We spent an awesome Easter weekend in Denver. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">We did a Good Friday house concert for<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitefieldschurch.com\" target=\"_blank\"> White Fields Community Church<\/a> and spent the night <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">with the Steer Family. As soon as we walked in the door, Lorri <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">hugged me big and said that she had read that my mom had breast <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">cancer, so did she and that she looked forward to connecting on that <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">issue. Not one to mince words, I was delighted to hear that there <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">wouldn&#39;t be much small talk during our stay with the Steer&#39;s. The <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">concert was a sweet time of communion and remembering the body and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">blood of Christ. We felt connected to our audience already and the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">whole night was a delight. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/span>Over breakfast the next morning, we got <span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">to<br \/>\nhear more of Lorri&#39;s story and we still feel humbled to have been<br \/>\naround her. The truth that she is happy and hopeful convicted our hearts. We invite you to her blog at<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorriscancerupdates.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.lorriscancerupdates.blogspot.com<\/a> to read her story for yourself. Once again, the biggest perk of our job was the people we encountered and connected with. Lorri, thank you for opening your home to us and letting us witness the beauty in you. God is good.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/barryandmichelle.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e553d96a5d883301157036ed5d970b-pi\" style=\"float: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GetAttachment\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e553d96a5d883301157036ed5d970b \" src=\"http:\/\/barryandmichelle.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e553d96a5d883301157036ed5d970b-320wi\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"GetAttachment\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/barryandmichelle.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e553d96a5d883301156f4084ef970c-pi\" style=\"float: left;\"><br \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; We spent an awesome Easter weekend in Denver. We did a Good Friday house concert for White Fields Community Church and spent the night with the Steer Family. 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