Praying for my son's friend T...

It is with a heavy heart I write this post, but I know many of you who read my blog will help me pray for T.  This young man is only 14 and was diagnosed with Leukemia yesterday.  I've known him a long time, and he has been a friend of my son's for several years.  He's had sleep overs at my house, we've taken him to hockey games and he has co-taught Vacation Bible School with my son.  He's got a great sense of humor and a loving character and I admire him greatly. T stopped me in the hallway at church shortly after he learned I had breast cancer and asked how I was and told me he was praying for me.  He was 13 at the time.  No other teen at church did that, he is just that kind and caring.  And now he's facing 6 months in the hospital enduring treatment.  I don't know why bad things happen to good people, but I do know that God can use bad things to make good things happen.  Please join me in praying for T.  God gave me this verse this morning...

"Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard; he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping. For you, O God, tested us; you refined us like silver. You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs. You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance." Psalm 66:8-12 

 I speak from experience when I say that these kinds of illnesses change a person.  I've seen some become bitter, I've seen some become so depressed they can't seem to function, but I'm praying that T will learn to praise God in the dark places and that through this "fire", he'll be refined even more and brought to a place of abundance.  You aren't alone, T, God is there with you, and will help you through this fight.  And I'll be praying for you daily!  *Hugs*