I find it very strange the
different attitudes that, I go through as a child of God, and follower of
Jesus. The more that I get to know about my Savior, the more that I change. It
is no secret or great mystery that I have cancer of my colon. I have made that
fact well known, ever since I found out, in the month of July. I will not say
that my God has given me that disease, because that would be against His very
nature. I know for a fact that He has allowed that disease to enter into my
body. I also know that there is a reason, for me having it. I am still clueless
to the reason why.
I find that it is a privilege
to share this part of my life, with the world, and especially with the other children
of God. I can find nothing glamorous about having cancer. I also find nothing
good to say about it, because it is truly a very painful ordeal. The best that
I can tell about cancer is the fact that, it really doesn’t seem to strike two
people in the same way, and the treatment varies, from person to person.
I don’t understand how the
ones that don’t worship my Lord have any kind of support system. Jesus is the
anchor in my support team. Actually as far as I can tell He has set my little
group in place. First off the church that I am recently a new member of has a
small group of really loving people. They have taken to me, in a way that I
really don’t understand. I know that it is the love of God that causes it to be
that way.
The thing that I find to be
truly amazing is just how many of them have been through the cancer ordeal. My
sister has had trouble with her colon, and went through a process that they say
might be worse than the chemotherapy, which most cancer victims experience.
Most of us have a real hard time tolerating the effects of the chemo, and my
case has been no different. I have been wishy-washy about taking the
chemotherapy. Do you understand what I am saying? There is a verse in the Bible about my
actions.
James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in
all his ways.
James, are you saying that you
have been double minded, and unstable? The Word of God said it first, and I was
just the living example. There is no shame in admitting when we are wrong. If
we don’t, or can’t admit when we are wrong, then it is an issue of pride. When
we admit our wrongs it set us up for a much greater blessing.
1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I know there is only one good
thing that this cancer has caused in my life. It has drawn me closer to Jesus.
That is a very good thing!! I need a stronger relationship with the Lord. I
can’t speak for anybody else, but I believe that we all could use this kind, of
a blessing. Most of us don’t realize who Jesus is, or what His reason for
being, on the earth anyway. Please allow me to share a verse, which should make
His mission clearer.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
This verse shows us several
things about Jesus Christ. The first being how good, and kind that He is those
who don’t know Him. He also makes it very clear that He knows what that He is
doing, and where that He is going, while making the offer to get us there. He
is the way, and the only way. He is the truth, and that makes all other ideas,
from mankind a lie. When He says that He is the life that is a very strong
statement, and is backed up by His life. As Christians we find that we have no
life outside of Jesus.
The last part of this verse is
just as important, as any other part, or section of this verse. If we have Jesus, then why would it be
important to come, unto Father God? Is it not enough simply to latch on to
Jesus and live? That is not why that
we were created to begin with. We were created to be a part of, and have a
relationship, with the entire trinity of God. There is a verse, in the Gospel
of John, which states the great love that, the Father has for us.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
Jesus is speaking about the
Father in this verse. The world that He loves is not the land, animals, oceans,
nor any particular part of the world, other that the Human beings that were
created, in the image, of the Father. (Genesis 1:26-27) Father gave the best
that He had to offer, so that we might believe, and enter in to a relationship
with Him. A relationship that guarantees us to never to worry about again while
on the earth, and a beautiful existence for all eternity.
Why do I have cancer? Not a clue!!
If it has taken my cancer to draw me closer to my Lord, then it is well
worth the situation. Ain’t God Awesome?
….Much Love
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