Not in our lives, but in the lives of those around us:

-via the Sonlight forums, our family has been praying for a young lady named Lindsey, who had cancer in her lungs/other places - and had a slim chance of beating it, if I remember correctly. After a LONG time of surgery/chemo/radiation, her latest tests show she is CANCER FREE

-there is a family in our church that has been going thru some big trials: the father had colon cancer, recently found to have spread to his liver, w/ a dismal prognosis. He had surgery 2 weeks ago to remove the lobe of his liver that contained the cancer, and it was tons smaller, better contained than what they anticipated - and the area around it was clear of cancer. Their oldest daughter is suffering from severe headaches, the docs are not sure of the cause, but the fatal prognosis they gave her initially has now been changed to a much better one.

And then another Sonlight family lost their profoundly handicapped (and I know that is not a politically correct word these days - sorry) daughter yesterday, one of triplets, and her post about it was the most beautiful thing I have read in a long time - to see the Lord's provision, grace, blessing on what is a terrible thing, and the evidence of His presence in their lives.

The reason I am blogging this is because of a scripture passage I read this morning:

Deuteronomy 11:7-9 But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the LORD has done.

    Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your forefathers to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Before that passage, it is talking about how the hearers' children did not see the Lord's great deeds with their own eyes. I have seen His great deeds, and I need to therefore observe His commands, teach them well to my children, so that we may live long in the land He has given us.