Sharing the Savior’s Story

Carrying Pain

In 1997 (July 18), the television program “20/20” featured a story on baseball player Bret Butler. He was suffering from cancer. Bret told how his daughter, after she found her daddy had cancer, had come to him. She said, “Daddy, I prayed to Jesus that He would give me your cancer.”
Bret asked, “What did you do that for?”

“Because, Daddy, I can handle the pain better than watching you in pain.” I love that little girl for her intentions. But she couldn’t take away her daddy’s pain. No matter how much she loved him, she couldn't carry his pain. No one can do that—except for Jesus.

Excerpt from The Lutheran Hour broadcast of: February 23, 2003