God has given me a heart for kids and I'm not sure many people would argue with that. I seem to love all kids; even the ones I don't really know all that well. But there is a little girl in particular that has stolen my heart.
Meet Kate McRae...
She is a, now 7 year old, girl that is fighting for her life against brain cancer. Tonight her family received devastating news of a new spot on her recent MRI scan. When I first read this I just began crying. All I could pray was "God, I don't get it and I don't have much to say to you right now but please be true to who you are. You know my heart and what I am feeling." I cannot begin to understand God's plan or timing but I do know a few things.
- God hears our prayers.
"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him" - 1 John 5:14-15
- We can approach Him with confidence and ask for unimaginable things.
"Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." - Hebrews 4:16
- God has the power alone to heal.
"Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits - who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion." - Psalm 103:2-4
- He is in control
" And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." - Romans 8:28
I am resting in these four truths as I pray without ceasing for precious Kate McRae. Last week, during our annual week of prayer and fasting I was reminded just how powerful prayer can be so I am simply asking you to join me in praying for Kate. Our God is bigger and stronger than cancer, of this I am sure!
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