She’s a survivor.
Five-year old Daisy Merrick is the daughter of Pastor Britt Merrick (son of surfboard shaper Al Merrick, and pastor of SoCal church Reality Carpinteria). I had the pleasure of meeting Pastor Britt, through our mutual friend Kenny Luck, years back when Britt taught at my old church’s men’s retreat. He’s a solid dude—a humble servant with a huge faith in a big God.
A couple months back, I asked you join me in praying for Daisy. I shared a link to the heart-wrenching sermon Pastor Britt preached after finding out about his baby girl Daisy’s cancer. His heart was overwhelmed. And in the midst of the storm, with gospel-saturated faith in a wonderful Savior, he still held fast and honored a big God.
In his new book Big God, Britt Merrick writes:
“What do you do as a Christian when the doctor tells you that your five-year-old has cancer? How do you deal with that? If you’re a Christian, your mind goes to Jesus.” (p.18)
And here we are seven months later—after intense chemo therapy and cancer treatments—to celebrate the remission of Daisy Merrick’s cancer.
Watch this 10-minute video to the end. It will wreck you!
God is good.
Britt Merrick is also the author of Big God. It’s legit; I highly recommend it.
6 Comments on "5 year-old Daisy Merrick’s 7-month Journey Through Cancer"
Oh gosh. She’s adorable! I remember hearing about this and praying for her at the Song of Songs conference. Praise God he is definately good!!!
Oh my word, she is beautiful! Glad to hear she’s doing better.
Definitely cried.
Congratulations to Daisy and your whole family for completion of chemo. Praise God for Healing! Always thankful that I had cancer and chemo and not one of my children. Your faith is a blessing.
They found another tumor, and it’s quite large. Please continue to pray for Daisy and the entire Merrick family.
Thanks Stephanie. We are praying for her right now!