In today's world, superheroes reign. In our house, the kids have claimed their own superheroes: Peyton is Superman, Cam is Batman and Charlotte is Wonder Woman. Go to your local store and you'll see all the t-shirts for sale, watch the kids dress up for Halloween or go to the movie theater and see the latest Marvel thrill.
Kaden was released from the hospital this week. It was "super" in every sense of the word. It was miraculous and phenomenal and breathtaking. It brought me to tears. We went down on Monday for a bell ringing ceremony, marking the end of chemotherapy. It was a celebration worth witnessing.
Kaden is cancer free!
I rejoice in my heart to a God in heaven who takes the word SUPERHERO to a whole new level. This bell ringing, the end of chemo, an MRI and spinal tap that reveal the cancer has been beaten--it is nothing short of SUPERNATURAL.
As his name so rightly signifies, Kaden is a fighter. But I am reminded in this sweet moment of victory that what seemed impossible was possible because our Creator allowed it to be. Jesus Christ is the ultimate superhero--without muscles, without a special costume, but rather the willingness to lay aside his supernatural ability to save himself, so that we might be saved despite our sin.
So while Kaden is certainly our little superman (do you all see that sweet picture of him flying!!??), Jesus is the one to whom our knees should bow. We stand in awe and wonder at this beautiful miracle and thank Him for his remarkable mercies through this journey.
Brian and I were asked to pray at the bell ringing ceremony--(I couldn't have prayed one word without crying, so Brian prayed for us). It was a good reminder of the supernatural power of prayer throughout this process--He began with this:
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:3-5
...and he ended by praying for Kaden's salvation from Psalm 91--that he will come to know the Lord:
“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
So I thank you all for your prayers and ask that you will continue to pray for this little boy--that he might come to know Jesus as his Savior, that he might never have cancer again, that he would be protected from any future side effects from the chemo and that his story will be told always with the name of Jesus on our lips.
Finally, I pray that you might recognize the words at the top of my blog from John 9:1-3 in this tiny little boy. The works of God have certainly been displayed in him. May we be ever so thankful and mindful of the work of our Creator. He is a good, good Father.
