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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
I hate Cancer!!
Sounds like a no-brainer, who doesn't hate cancer? Unfortunately, I don't know if I really did hate cancer before like I did now; it doesn't really hit you until it hits closer to home. Like other things in this world I seemed to just accept cancer as something that happened in this world; I never really lost someone to cancer. My Nana died of cancer, but I just accepted it as the way she went; she was in her 80's and didn't seemingly suffer from it in front of us, she found out she was full of it on a Friday and died that Sunday. However, recently I have been rocked by cancer, I recently understood why many shake their fists and cuss at cancer, and I like many have been questioning life because of cancer and feeling the lack of fairness in cancer. Two dear people, not people I was close with, but somewhat connected to died of cancer this last month. One a 37 year old wonderful man named Jeff who had an evident love for Jesus, was reaching unbelievers in his community, passionate about missions, and was a loving husband and father. The other a sweet 32 year old woman who was a devout pastor's wife, mother of three, piano teacher and had an infectious smile and laugh. These recent death have made me hate the sting of cancer. These deaths have made me utter, "It's not fair" My family may disagree, but I feel like it should be someone like me who should take the hit from cancer; I am doing nothing, no child calls me daddy. Or why can't the guy doing life in prison get cancer? Why do these people who had so much to offer, who were absolute joy to many have to fall? It's times like these that I have to remind myself of the reality of this world; this diseased, fallen world. The nature of sin in this world, the nature of our choices is like firing bullets into a crowded building: they're going to ricochet and hurt people that don't deserve it. It's not a time to curse the one who made the building, but regret firing the bullets and move away from firing more. This Fallen World points to the hope of the bright future.
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