There are no words, today

Oh, today I found out that little Ben Sauer, a just 5-year old boy, has died from cancer. He was an identical twin, and his story is heart breaking.  Here is the link to the blog his mother kept, with her thoughts on their family's journey.   http://www.blue4ben.com/home-1.html 

And his mother's blog www.bensauer.blogspot.com

And to the news article: http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/clarence/community-mourns-ben-sauer-5-year-old-from-clarence-who-inspired-outpouring-of-support-20140514

It will make you cry.  I realize that we all have different levels of suffering that God deems appropriate to our own person, and life situation, and for what He allows because of what He needs from us.  But it does seem we don't have it all that bad, when you look at someone else's suffering. But I recently lost my dad, in March, and that was very sad, and hard to watch him go. I have been affected by this story in a way I didn't know I could be. . .   Perhaps that is why this is harder for me now, to take in, because I have experienced the next closest thing to losing a child---my parent.  And since I have two boys that also struggle a little, it seems more real to me, and I cannot help but be affected by this Little Ben that I never met.

That is what is so amazing about life in Christ, though!  We are alllllllll connected, and we feel we are all losing a soldier, together.  We all fight on the same team, and when one is slain, we all feel it.  I ask that you all will pray for this family.  Pray that God's grace and Mercy be with them, and Ben's identical twin brother (for whom this must be so hard), and that they will lift their eyes to heaven with eternal hope and encouragement.  My heart is so heavy tonight.  God Bless you, as you lift the Sauer family up to God's Love.