please pray for kate

Last night I had one of those moments that I think we all need to have once in awhile, a perspective check. I think it’s great to love to ohh & ahh over lovely things but I don’t think those things are ultimate things or the most important things. Pretty Girl Things (as my mom calls them) are a part of my life but every once in awhile God quietly yet gently reminds me that there are bigger things that need my time and attention. One of those “things” are people; created in God’s image, loved by God, cared for by an all knowing, all loving, all powerful, God. So today, I canceled my scheduled posts to tell you about a little person on my heart. A little girl who God loves and who needs our prayers.

For the past  year I have been following the journey of Kate McRae a 6 year old who for the past year and a half, has been courageously battling brain cancer. Her cancer appears to be back. I want to share with you her parents latest journal entry that had me in tears, lifting Kate up to her loving heavenly father last night:

“Never have words been more difficult to pen. Never have our hearts felt the angst of pain quite like today. I hoped to never write these words. I prayed that our hearts would never feel this torment. However, today, we received devastating news. There are new spots on the MRI, at least one on the other side of our daughter’s brain.

The all too familiar feeling of nausea followed by haziness settled over our bodies. We vasalated between bouts of sobbing and looks of disbelief. We felt trapped in a horrific nightmare until the sound of small sobs shook us loose. Our sweet Kate was huddled up on the table sobbing into her arm. Her little body shook for about half an hour. Tears of pain, and fear letting loose. She was scared. Our baby was scared and all we could do was hold her.Through the tears Kate slowly got out the words, “why”. “Why daddy, why? Why hasn’t Jesus healed me?” The sound of heartbroken sobs all that could escape from her daddy’s lips. Crys of pain.

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We have cried, and cried and cried some more. We try and hold it together around the kids, but oftentimes the tears just keep coming. We had to talk with Kate again tonight. She doesn’t want to loose her hair again and go to school without hair. Obviously this is the least of our concerns. But we talked about hair, wigs, and treatments that you don’t lose your hair with. We both seemed to settle down, that is until we started talking about heaven.

I wept as we talked about heaven and she softly said, “mom, I don’t want to go without you, I would miss you way too much.” “And I don’t want you to go without me either baby.” And then the question again that pierces our hearts daily, “Why hasn’t Jesus used his power yet? He’s so much stronger than cancer, why?” So again we talked, and cried some more. We ended the conversation with her whispering in my ear, “I will love you no matter what.” I had to go to my room to cry alone.

So we ask you to intercede. We know Jesus can heal our daughter. And we will not stop asking for that healing for Kate. Please join us. We are still praying that the spots will disappear for the PET scan. We are still begging for a lifetime with our sweet daughter.” (excerpts taken from Kate’s Caring Bridge Journal)

Please take some time today to join me in praying for Kate and her family. She has a website set up where you can read more about her story and look at some adorable photos of her prayforkate.com, and journal her parents author that you can follow.

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