Robinson Family Update (2/11/26)

In life sometimes you have friends you have never met.  Kimberly and I feel like Drew and Ellie Holcomb are friends, even though we’ve never shared a meal together.  Their music (independently and together) has been a huge blessing to us over the years, putting words and emotion to rhyme and meter in a way that God has used to encourage our souls.

One Ellie Holcomb song we find ourselves listening to more often these days is “Find You Here.”  This song, written after Ellie learned that her father (the great music producer Brown Bannister) was diagnosed with cancer, is raw and real … but also helpful and hopeful.

As we experience this journey through Kimberly’s bout with lung cancer, we can honestly sing the words of this song, “It’s not the news that any of us hoped that we would hear.  It’s not the road we would have chosen.  The only thing that we can see is darkness up ahead, but You are asking us to lay our worry down and sing a song instead …. ‘You’re gonna carry us through everything!’”

This is the song we are singing, and we hope you will sing it with us.  We are walking through this valley following our loving Savior every step of the way.  We sing NOT because Kimberly has cancer but because we have Christ.  We sing NOT because everything is currently comfortable but because we have an eternal hope.  In light of this, what have we to fear?

If you have been following along with us, you may know Kimberly began an initial four cycle chemo regimen in November 2025 for metastatic lung cancer that was diagnosed in early October.  We are now through this four cycle treatment and she had a PET scan on Friday to determine how things were progressing.  We were encouraged to learn that the cancer is not currently growing.  Though the tumor sizes are similar to what they were near the end of the second cycle of chemo, the cancer was less “active.”  We have learned that (medically speaking) this is the target … to keep the cancer from growing. Of course the prayer is for the cancer to be removed forever – a prayer we are confident God will answer, either in this life (our hope and request) but certainly in life after death.  Cancer stinks, but it is temporary.  Cancer is heavy compared to many things, but light compared to the blessings that God has for us in Christ.  “For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. (2 Corinthians 4:17)”

So what is the plan going forward?  On Monday, Kimberly began the fifth cycle of chemo with a slightly modified medication plan.  She will also continue to take the daily “targeted treatment” for her particular cancer’s mutation.  This new chemo plan will carry on with no definite end: as long as it is helpful to keep the cancer from growing, she will continue to receive the treatment … so we are settling in to a new rhythm.

And as we settle into that rhythm, we are singing to the God that we are finding “here in the middle where the healing hasn’t happened yet.”  So, join us in singing, and join us in praying for God to be glorified in this, and for us to continue to see His goodness and His overwhelming peace.

Oh, and check out the words to our friend Ellie’s song “Find You Here” below, or better yet, give it a listen.

In Christ,

Mark, Kimberly, and Josh

“It’s not the news that any of us hoped that we would hear

It’s not the road we would have chosen, no

The only thing that we can see is darkness up ahead

But You’re asking us to lay our worry down and sing a song instead

And I didn’t know I’d find You here, in the middle of my deepest fear

But You were drawing near, You were overwhelming me with peace

So I lift my voice and sing:

“You’re gonna carry us through everything!”

You were drawing near, You’re overwhelming all my fears with peace

You say that I should come to You with everything I need

You’re asking me to thank You even when the pain is deep

You promise that You’ll come and meet us on the road ahead

And no matter what the fear says, You give me a reason to be glad

And I didn’t know I’d find You here, in the middle of my deepest fear

But You were drawing near me, You were overwhelming me with peace

So I lift my voice and sing:

“You’re gonna carry me through everything.”

You were drawing near, You’re overwhelming all my fear

Here in the middle of the lonely night,

here in the middle of the losing fight

You’re here in the middle of the deep

regret, here when the healing hasn’t happened yet

Here in the middle of the desert place,

here in the middle when I cannot see Your face

Here in the middle with Your outstretched

arms, You can see my pain and it breaks Your heart

And I didn’t know I’d find You here, in the middle of my deepest fear

But You were drawing near, You were overwhelming me with peace

So I lift my voice and sing:

“You’re gonna carry me through everything!”

And You were drawing near, You’re overwhelming all my fears with peace

Rejoice, rejoice! Don’t have to worry about a single thing

‘Cause You were overwhelming me with peace

Don’t have to worry about a single thing!

You’re gonna carry us through everything

Overwhelming peace