2 Kids, A Taco, and Cancer: Go Rub Some Dirt On It, You’ll Be Fine by Zach and Shawna Weber is the book of Your choosing for me to read right now. You know that I’ve been following Lucy’s cancer story for well over a year, but this book brings her and her family’s story front and center in my life.... especially in light of my own physical sufferings. The insight into this family’s battle with pediatric cancer has had a profound effect on me. Their fear, perseverance, hardships, joys (yes, joys), defeats and victories inspire me as I face my own health challenges. No, my sufferings are not as severe as theirs, but they are my own and in no way diminished by theirs. My heart breaks as I read about their journey. Watching and helping a child with cancer has to be one of the most difficult things a parent can do. I cannot imagine what they go through every day.
Yet, You, Lord, know all about watching Your Child suffer. Jesus was misunderstood, mocked, beaten and battered while on earth and You had to watch it all from Your throne, knowing that there was no other way for Your human creations to come back to You. You watched His suffering and let it happen because of Your great love for us. While I am so grateful, Lord, for this Perfect Gift to us, I simply cannot imagine the magnitude of Your pain and agony through it all. It is infinitely beyond anything I can ever conceive while I am still on earth. All for love... You did it all for love, knowing full well what was going to happen. I just can’t imagine, Lord... I just can’t imagine. Thank You, Abba Father, for Your Perfect Gift Jesus, born in a lowly manger, crucified on a Roman cross and risen from the dead.
“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
“He was despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.” Isaiah 53:3
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