“O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be…”
Bonnie Kate Zoghbi
After quoting lyrics to the classic hymn “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go,” the colorful “wildflower” writes:
“Today is a big day.
Today makes five years…
Five years since that fateful dark night.”
Max Zoghbi
“What a bitter, yet beautiful none the less, five years these have been. I’m in constant pain. Everything is challenging, just living and breathing is overwhelming. Every day I’ve had to choose to be brave and soldier through. It’s hard because bravery looks like getting out of bed and choosing joy and putting one foot in front of the other…to most people watching, walking and living doesn’t seem like much, it’s just ‘normal.’ But it’s not normal for me, everything is so costly and those little things are huge challenges for me, and that’s really hard. I love to go and do and adventure and it’s so frustrating to feel so trapped in this broken body weighed down with so much pain….
Bonnie Kate Zoghbi
BUT despite all this, God has used this for good! I have a lump in my throat and hot tears stinging my eyes saying this, but this I cling to, this I know, despite how I feel; God is working through this, He loves me, I have a sure hope, and I can trust Him. His love will not let me go…. So here I am…five years later. Discouraged and heavy to be sure, but determined to choose joy and ‘chase the rainbow through the rain’ as that sweet hymn so poetically puts it.”
As admirable as she was before, Bonnie Kate is the role model we all need in our lives. Whether it’s the clips of her in Max’s video, or the “post-it-sized snapshots” of her life on social media, there’s no question that contagious joy radiates out of her, and draws those watching near to Christ because of it.
Max Zoghbi
Bonnie Kate has the love and strength of Jesus in her heart, and makes others realize that they want whatever it is that she has.
That’s because what man meant for evil, God is using for Good.
