What motivated me to begin blogging was the reality of Mid-Morning as a classroom for me (hopefully for you too). A place where I am continually learning. Usually there are several stand-out ideas/thoughts/insights, except for today's hour with Mitch Kruse and Zach Bertsch, which contained so many rich nuggets I suggest you listen to the entire interview; but until you do, here's a little something to tide you over.
Zach Bertsch is a 29-year-old husband and father of two young children facing down Stage 4 cancer. God imprinted a thought on the hearts of Zach and his wife soon after the diagnosis to do something they wouldn't have done if Zach hadn't been diagnosed with cancer. The answer was to redeem the cancer by using it as a platform to raise money to build group homes for orphans in Haiti. You can read about it at Zach's website cancerredemption.com.
There is a radiance surrounding Zach as he speaks with a quiet certainty about heaven; preparing to die long before you become ill so that you can truly live; accepting suffering as gracefully and gratefully as you accept good things from God; and loving God, Who loves you more than you can grasp this side of heaven. It's a glorious glow that's his -- and yours and mine -- when the veneer of self is sanded away by suffering, and the light of Christ is free to shine.
Will you pray for Zach, Jenny, Zion and Moriah and ask God to heal Zach? We did at the conclusion of Mid-Morning. God invites us to boldly ask such things.
And if you are hurting, struggling, suffering, do what dear Zach taught us today: ask God what He wants to do through you right now that couldn't be done if you weren't going through _________, (you fill in the blank).
He will..for His glory and for your good.
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