My Friend at St. Jude, Part 3

A couple of weeks ago, my “Friend at St. Jude” passed away. Since it is fairly well known now, I can share his name: Cory Jones.

It’s been quite awhile since I wrote about him, but here are the other blog posts.

It was very hard going to his funeral. It was very hard watching him approach death. But he seemed very brave through it all. He fought on.

I was very impressed with how his family worked so hard to help him through his sickness, too.

I wanted to share another, more recent memory of Cory with you today.
Last fall at a home football game, I was sitting and talking to Cory. He talked to me about trying to be a role model for his little brother. He was very concerned. I remember the way he talked about his own lack of a father figure at important times in his life. At one point, I looked over and saw him crying. I don’t often see 20-year old men crying at high school football games. There’s too much social risk! It made a big impression.

I’ve been talking about fatherlessness a lot. I haven’t been praying enough. Once again, I’d like to commit to doing a better job on that.

And, I’d like to ask you to join me in praying. Then, look for ways that you can be involved in teaming up with God to be an answer to those prayers.

Young boys need you. Young girls need you. They need your time and your prayers more than anything. Please look for ways to get involved. If you find some good ones, please feel free to leave suggestions here.