At the age of 6 , Kylie was diagnosed with stage 4 Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma and was given a 10% chance to live. About 56 children a year get this form of cancer.
I have been contemplating this thought a lot recently………Each of our lives are on a unique journey ….. and we are all going into the unknown in that journey…..
On this journey, I can … succumb to fear….. or trust God …..that through these events that somehow, He is refining my faith…., giving me hope as I trust Him…….and ….as my mind is stayed on Him……..I have perfect Peace.. ….no matter what the outcome. When I can’t see the way, I know I am not alone.. God is always with me. I learn that He is Faithful.
The first thing that happened after Kylie was diagnosed….God gave me an overwhelming Peace … that is beyond understanding . I did not now what that meant… would Kylie be healed or would she be with God at a tender age. ???? So …I committed to reading her the Bible Story Book.. in person and over the phone.. so she could know and trust the God who loved her and could save her soul .. as He did mine at the age of 10. The most important thing of all ……..is to know our eternal destiny.. and then we can face anything. Kylie learned of Jesus’ Love and she believed that Jesus is her Rescuer and that he died , was buried and rose the Third day according to the scriptures. Whosoever believes in Him will live forever!!!
Ellie Holcomb wrote the song … Red Sea Road
I heard the song and fell in love with it! She writes on a blog…..
.. “Hope rises from an empty grave. Hope helps us stare into the face of every pain. When the Israelites had an army behind them and a sea in front- it was an impossible situation. God opened up the the Red sea.. making a way where there was no way. The Israelites were probably thinking…. If I stay I am going to die… but if I trust God and walk through the middle of the parted Sea… it may close in on me and kill me as well!!! This song reminds our souls God is with us… He is Faithful….He goes before us….. He goes behind us…He fights for us….we can trust that He will bring us through the most unbearable moments… because… He is in the business of making a way where there is no way. God shows up in the middle of our most desperate and broken places.” Ellie continues to say. “ My prayer for you is to see God make a way….I don’t know when your suffering will end… but God is in the middle of it and there will be healing and restoration one day. Whether it is on this side of heaven or the next….Hold onto Hope. … Hope Himself walked out of the grave!!!”
All I can say to that is Amen!!! If our eternal destiny is secure… we can face anything!!!
If you get a chance ……look up on you tube and listen to Ellie Holcomb sing .. Red Sea Road!!!!
Kylie 