My word for May 18th is ASHER!

My word for May 18^th is ASHER

Every five weeks I get my hair dipped and clipped.  I love going to Kutting Up and visiting with Diane and Kathleen, they are on my list of my very own personal pep rallies.  They make me feel great.   When I went in last week Diane had a picture on her shelf of the cutest little girl.  I asked who it was and she told me it was Susan Adamson’s little girl Asher.  Susan was much younger than me, but I remember her being a spunky teenager running around town.  Today, while driving home from Little Rock with Lauren, Lauren was looking at Facebook.  She asked me what little cousin of Ashton Adamson’s needed prayers?  As Lauren read on, I realized it was Susan’s little girl Asher, the little girl that I had just commented about in the picture.  Asher was diagnosed yesterday with Ewing’s Sarcoma.  Ewing’s Sarcoma is a rare bone cancer that forms small tumors on parts of a bone.  It usually stays localized in one area, however Asher’s has metastasized to other areas of her body.  Monday Asher and her family will begin the journey for Asher’s life. 

When young innocent children become sick we always ask why?  Why does this happen to children?  These are questions that we will never be able to comprehend or understand.  I do know that God loves each of us and He doesn’t cause sickness.  He knows the heartache that comes to those who have to see their child suffer. God had to watch his own son die for our sins.  This was the hardest thing He had to do.  He was there when His son was tortured and killed.   As we watch those that we love hurt and suffer we emotionally do not understand.  However, we must realize that even though it is hard for us to handle, every situation happens for a reason.  God isn’t the cause of suffering, but He is the only solution. The key to healing is to believe.  We must have faith and trust that God is always acting for the ultimate good for each of us.  He is our hope for the future, the hope for healing. 

God has a purpose for every sickness.  We don’t have the answer to why, but it isn’t for us to figure out.  All we need to do is put our faith in God and He will prevail.  He will heal.

Dear Lord be with Asher and her family as she begins her journey of healing.   Be with them and comfort them during the treatments that will destroy the cancer that has invaded her body.  Assist us in praying for what Asher needs and aid the doctors in knowing exactly what will work best.  Please relieve her tiny body from any pain and lessen the heartache that Asher’s parents have in their hearts.  We pray that during 2012 Asher is healed and so are the many other children that are suffering. 

Mark 11:24

Jesus said, “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

Luke 8:50

“Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, ‘Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”