Towards the end of last summer, Jenny Melby and her mom Karen came to the Revive Our Heart studio for an interview.

Jenny had just crossed Lake Michigan on a paddleboard.

Maybe you remember the conversation.

So I knelt on the squishy life jacket, hung over the back door of the fiberglass boat with my rain coat on.

And as the rain was coming sideways on me, you know, I was miserable,

but I'm looking at my daughter and I'm thinking, I'm on the boat.

She's out there working hard.

Well, not long after that interview, Karen's husband, Scott Melby,

told her about some physical symptoms he was having.

He was about to embark on a very different kind of journey, one that would test Karen's faith yet again.

Scott had not been feeling well. He actually was not feeling well the weekend of that paddleboard experience,

but we had suspected that he had picked something up on a recent trip

to Africa.

So I went into the doctor.

He drew blood, and then I took off to run some errands.

And next thing I know, Karen's phoning me saying, the doctor's been frantically trying

to get a hold of you, you've got to get to the ER right away.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Tuesday, October 20th, 2015.

Well, I would imagine as you woke up and began your day today, you could find plenty of things to complain about.

Too often, my days begin that way, and sad to say, I often do complain about those things.

But I also know this, no matter how many difficult things may be going on in our world,

you and I can choose to recognize how many reasons there are to be grateful. When you start to focus on things you're thankful for, it just has a way of transforming your outlook, your attitude,

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