God is an amazing editor!

I am so thankful for the opportunity to see Remedy Carte and her super mom Heather yesterday at the Ronald McDonald's home in Seattle, Washington.  I have been a stalker and prayer-er of this heart-warming child with a heart-breaking news.  She has a brain cancer.

She was recently featured on the Today's Show for being "Super Remedy" with her purple cape and everything.

Since she has multiple meds and chemo etc, her real self gets hidden by the chemicals.  Some days are just hard. It hasn't been smooth sailing at all with her little body hitting bottom and she has consistently ended up in the hospital after every chemo.

I met another fighter who after graduating from High School early in February was diagnosed with cancer in May.  Not the road he wanted to take.  But, he is encouraging and fighting alongside Remedy.

  She was recently featured on the Today's Show for being "Super Remedy" with her purple cape and everything.  You can see it here.  Her mom wanted to see the other takes because it was a harder day for Remedy.  However, I pondered that for a long time.  I thought about how the Lord see all.  (Proverbs 15:3) Nothing is hidden.   Just like the camera that was always rolling and recording the day.

However, the Today's Show editors did something that God does. They didn't display the cranky sayings or bad attitude that crept in that day.  They edited it out!

It is just like our Loving Father. For all who trust in Jesus alone as their Savior, His blood covers our sins.  He is the filter.  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. (1 John 1:7) 

Our little video with Remedy!

 "I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more." Isaiah 43:25  God "remembers" no more, but we are the ones who take the "out-takes/bloopers" and want to replay our bad/wrongs.  But, they are laying on the floor.  Leave them there!  Don't keep playing the sins over.  Confess them, and with faith in Jesus, walk in the light.

Results are in...

Waiting is so hard.  However, God has been so gracious and gave me a focused heart on Him.  I told God that if he did allow me to go down the road of cancer to bring others to Him or to refine my character, so be it.  Today, I was reminded about the strange story in the Bible when Jesus causes the unfruitful fig tree to wilt.  The disciples were amazed.  He responded, "if you have faith and do not doubt, ask."  I asked God to help me to have faith.  

So, it was ruled benign.  NO CANCER.  Just a follow up next year.  *insert dancing

Some interesting tidbits.  I have been teaching/facilitating a class called "Words that Hurt, Words that Heal" because of my mouth that can spurt out some unkind words to my dear children.  I hurt when I think of the damage that a word can bring.  Well, for the past 2 1/2 weeks since this "scare", my words have been kind, edifying, and sincere.  I am thankful for the way the Lord used this time to purify and remind me of the impact that my words have on the ones I love.

Thankful for others who have walked this journey ahead of me and the encouragement that many in our Church family has extended to our family and me.  

I am also (now) aware of those who are still in the cancer zone and I have a new realization of the  controlling and overwhelming aspect that cancer can bring to ones mind.  I might have escaped this one, but as a fellow sister in Christ, when one is hurting, we all hurt.  

Praise God, but continue to pray that others will see Victory in Him!

   

suffering from a distance

When I start to pray, God prompts me to bring different people to my mind.  Right now, like most of you, can probably list a handful of people going through enormous amount of pain or sickness.  The dreaded "C" word or others who are hurting.

Another one today came to my knowledge, of a person who just loves Jesus but is walking on eggshells with his life in God's hands like Pastor Jim Eller (above).  Ugh.

I know it is good enough to pray, but often I want to do more.  What do you do to encourage, comfort, lift-up people in your life who is hurting?

Bruce & Carol Britten our dear co-workers in Swaziland who's only daughter is battling cancer.