Blessings Bestowed

Blessings Bestowed

Cancer’s such an ugly word

Just how can joy arise?

Can blessings really be bestowed

Amidst the sordid cries?

But that’s the time they’re greatest

When God wipes away the tears

Your eyes are now wide open

And your vision ever clear.

You can look beyond the obvious

To the things you need to see

Are the sometimes seeming little things?

The biggest blessings there might be?

It’s a hug from my daughter

Sometimes few and far between

Or a picture with her mother

Both so special from a teen!

It’s the loving care and tender heart

Of our other little girl

Who will do anything she can

For me or for this world.

It’s an embrace from my husband

When the pain’s too much to bear

Or a cup of soup to feed me

When other options are not there.

It’s knowing that my cancer

Is confined and hasn’t spread

It’s knowing that my Savior

Will keep my spirit fed.

It’s the presence of God’s angels

Alive and here on earth

Whose gifts and love and prayers and hugs

Remind me of my worth.

It’s the bald spot hidden on my head

Beneath my thick and perfect hair

A reminder of how blessed I am

To have just this cross to bear.

It’s relationships renewed

And relationships restored

It’s learning to rely

Completely on my Lord.

It’s knowing that your story

Can touch the lives of others

It’s seeing people seeking Christ

It’s my friends, my parents, brother.

It’s knowing that the blessings

Are there for you to find

And even in your suffering

You’ll find the greatest kinds.

-Cathleen McBurney

July 21, 2013