{"id":1573,"date":"2022-01-11T02:31:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T02:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2022-01-10T22:32:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:32:32","slug":"carried-by-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/carried-by-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Carried by Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Tuesday, January 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carried by Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.<strong>\u00a0Joshua 1:9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Early Fall 2006, Carson Leslie was busy with high school, football and girls. One afternoon, he said he wasn\u2019t feeling 100%. Two weeks and many doctors\u2019 visits later, his parents were given the worst news &#8211; brain tumor. Tears poured out their eyes knowing that the days of their beloved son were now numbered.<\/p>\n<p>This news however, did not dampen Carson\u2019s spirit. Carson responded by turning to Joshua 1:9. He claimed it not as his cancer verse but his life verse. \u201cNo matter how long I live, I want this verse on my tombstone,\u201d he wrote in Carry Me. \u201cAnd when people visit my grave, I want them to read the verse and think about how it got me through my struggles in life, and I hope others will see that this verse can offer them the same kind of comfort it gives me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Carson passed away at age seventeen, but he did not want to leave this world empty handed. Carson wanted to tell his story of what it\u2019s like to be a kid fighting for life, and encourage those who come behind him. The Carson Leslie foundation and medical ministries established in his honor have touched thousands.<\/p>\n<p>Carson\u2019s story reminds us that Scripture has the power to bring us through hard times. No matter what comes, God has a verse, a promise, or a passage in the Bible to help us. His Word gives us the tools to defeat our enemies. Find a verse for yourself today, make it your \u201cgo-to\u201d Scripture, and draw courage as you look to God\u2019s Word for strength each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, January 11 Carried by Faith Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.\u00a0Joshua 1:9 Early Fall 2006, Carson Leslie was busy with high school, football and girls. One afternoon, he said he wasn\u2019t feeling 100%. Two weeks and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1576,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions\/1576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}