A few months ago I heard a preacher on the radio say something like, “God is willing to break you to remake you.” As scary as that sounds, the words gave me courage. In fact, they were in sync with the on-going conversation I’d been having with God. A few days before, while reading Deuteronomy 8:1-6, I was struck by verse 2. It says, “Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, to find out whether or not you would obey his commands.” Call me crazy, but that passage was a welcome dose of hope for my weary soul. With cancer as the unwelcome guest in my husband’s lungs, the last few years have felt like a very long journey through barren stretches of scorched desert land. Like bare feet on hot sand, my tender heart has…