I'm sure you've heard of Giuliana Rancic and her fight against breast cancer. At only 37 years old, I think I can safely say that her diagnosis rocked much of the world and Hollywood. If you're not familiar with Giuliana, she hosts "ENews!" with Ryan Seacrest, hosts many popular A-list awards, and I think she's currently a host of "Fashion Police." (Don't quote me-- we don't have cable!)
I've always loved her. Watching "ENews!" while making dinner used to be a nightly ritual. I also loved her show "Giuliana & Bill," a "newlywed-esque" reality show about her and her husband's day-to-day-lives living in both Chicago and Los Angeles.
When I was in Puerto Vallarta a few years ago for work (gasp! I know, rough...) my friend/boss and I saw Giuliana and Bill walking along the boardwalk at night on vacation with Lisa Ling and her husband. They seemed to have it all: perfect bodies, perfect clothes, perfect hair. And money. Lot's of it.
But you know what? They didn't have it all. Sometimes that's hard to see from the outside looking in. It's easy to compare and think "if we only..."
For years, Giuliana and Bill have struggled with infertility.
For years, they have been trying IVF.
They have dealt with miscarriage.
They have now dealt with cancer.
And it's not over yet.
And that other couple on the boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta on vacation with the Rancic's? Lisa Ling? Remember the horrifying ordeal that happened to her sister after being arrested in North Korea?
Yeah, certainly not perfect lives.
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All the money in the world can't buy you health, happiness or eternal life.
You might not be promised perfect health or even children, but knowing Jesus can get you through that fight with peace. And you certainly can't have true, genuine joy or happiness-- and eternal life, for that matter-- without Him.
This past week, Giuliana was recently featured in People Magazine again declaring that she is "more religious since breast cancer." From People:
"I never thought my marriage could be stronger, or I could be closer to [my husband] Bill," she told PEOPLE at an E! Luncheon on Saturday for the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
She's also become more religious. "We go to church every Sunday. And we did before, but it never meant as much as it does now," Rancic, 37, says.
"We prayed on our own, but now we prayed together and you'll never know how much that means until you do it. Bill and I have changed our lives in that one way."
And that other couple on the boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta on vacation with the Rancic's? Lisa Ling? Remember the horrifying ordeal that happened to her sister after being arrested in North Korea?
Yeah, certainly not perfect lives.
[via]
All the money in the world can't buy you health, happiness or eternal life.
You might not be promised perfect health or even children, but knowing Jesus can get you through that fight with peace. And you certainly can't have true, genuine joy or happiness-- and eternal life, for that matter-- without Him.
This past week, Giuliana was recently featured in People Magazine again declaring that she is "more religious since breast cancer." From People:
"I never thought my marriage could be stronger, or I could be closer to [my husband] Bill," she told PEOPLE at an E! Luncheon on Saturday for the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
She's also become more religious. "We go to church every Sunday. And we did before, but it never meant as much as it does now," Rancic, 37, says.
"We prayed on our own, but now we prayed together and you'll never know how much that means until you do it. Bill and I have changed our lives in that one way."
I'm not declaring them these super believers all the sudden, but I'm just going to go ahead and say that I think it's so cool that a horrible situation like this could bring them so much closer, not only to one another, but to God.
This is something I've been really convicted of lately... my prayer life has gone down the tubes. I can't just start praying when disaster strikes. I need to get "fireproofed" today by getting my prayer life on fire now.
Prayer needs to be a consistent, daily part of my life. When things are "good," it's easy for me to forget my cry to God, to see my need for Him. After all, prayer is perfect, direct communion with our Father. And I need Him daily.
"Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God. We know not what prayer can do." -- C.H. Spurgeon
