It’s one of those words you hate hearing about because it never means good news.

I think about just today, I’ve heard about at least 5 people that are battling cancer right now. Some of them are really close to me, some I’ve never even met.

I haven’t said anything to anyone really about this yet, but my mom has skin cancer. We found out almost a week ago. It’s the second most common kind of skin cancer and I guess skin cancer isn’t the biggest of worries when it comes to cancer. Still…just hearing the “C word” put in the same sentence as my mom scares me to death. I’ve been going through Rhetta’s cancer with Hannah and her family and I’ve seen how hard it is. My mom will have a procedure done early tomorrow morning to try to see how much the cancer has spread. We’re really hoping that tomorrow will be the end of it all, especially since we caught it so early, but please pray for my mom and her procedure.

I don’t really know why I haven’t mentioned it on here or to anyone personally. I guess, it’s not the easiest thing to bring up in the midst of a conversation, but I think I’ve also tried to put my mind off of it. I believe that my whole family has done that (I guess that vacation was good timing), and we’re not really thinking about it being anything more than an issue that’s fixed tomorrow…I guess we’re hoping for the best. So, I’m sorry that I haven’t mentioned it before now, but I guess I just thought that I needed to let some folks know and you can never ask too much for prayer.

I’ve been hearing lots of stories about how God is using cancer in lots of people’s lives. He is literally using songs and stories of people with cancer as a megaphone to the world that God is bigger than any sickness. His love and grace are stronger and more powerful than anyone life or issues in life. I read stories about it here…and listen to songs about it.

God is even using cancer like crazy to bring glory to His Name. And that fires me up…