About God and Cancer…
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How can you be strong when cancer explodes into the life of someone you love?
Where is God, at that moment when you know that your whole world is changing, and nothing will ever be the same?
Why would anyone who loves us as much as He does make us go through this?
And how is it possible that we will not only survive this, but that things will ever be okay again?
The answer is simple.
God has a plan. We may not understand it. But we are a huge part of it.
If you are currently or have ever helped someone you love battle cancer, you were handpicked for that mission. I get it, so was I. Because we are strong enough to handle it.
Now don’t get me wrong, I didn’t feel that way at first. But then God gave me this incredible and rare opportunity to see life from a completely different lens.
Do you pay attention to those tiny miracles that surround you?
They are everywhere! You just have to pay attention.
- The changing leaves.
- The first snowfall.
- The power of the ocean waves.
- An amazing sunset.
The fact that God drops exactly what you need, when you need it, along the journey.
When my dad was first diagnosed with Small Cell Lung Cancer, things didn’t look good for us. In fact, several doctors told us that we had “days to weeks” before the end of our journey.
That was one of the scariest times of my life. I remember standing outside in the freezing cold (it was February) and I was begging God not to take my dad. I was telling Him how I wasn’t ready yet (I was also honest about the fact that I was never going to be ready) and that I needed more time.
In that moment, losing my dad was not an option, and never would be. My only mission was to prove the doctors wrong and gear up, so we could fight. And that’s exactly what we did.
That day began a 21-month battle against cancer that we fought side-by-side until the very end.
And somehow along this journey, God changed my heart and made me see some things that I wasn’t able to understand on that cold day in February.
As I watched someone I love go through this ordeal and give this battle every ounce of energy he had yet still get kicked down to the ground over and over, I realized there are things in this life so much worse than death.
This man smiled through all of it and never lost his faith, but he was tired and weary and getting hit with one obstacle after another. He rose to every occasion, and he fought every battle because he was a true warrior.
But for months I was anticipating the dreaded conversation when he would tell me that he didn’t want to keep fighting. And as time went on, and as I watched and experienced this situation with him…
It started to feel like I was helping him to get back up so that cancer could take a better shot at him next time.
You find yourself in one of those situations that has no right answer.
The best I could do was let him call the shots and follow whatever course of action he wanted. If he wanted to fight… I was ready for battle. When he grew tired and he desperately needed a break, I fought for him. And when he was ready for the end of our journey, I supported that decision and tried to make him as comfortable as possible.
God gave me time.
Time to process all of this and come to the realization that what I thought was the only answer was so much more complicated than I could even comprehend.
Sometimes in order to do the right thing, you have to do the hardest thing.
Sometimes you have to find the strength within yourself to push past your own feelings and support someone that you love when they’ve decided to stop treatment. And, sometimes, your job is to stand beside them and provide love and comfort, so they can drift peacefully off to Heaven on their own terms, with dignity.
I pray every day for a cure, so that no one ever has to go through an experience like this.
But if you do have to go through something like this, I pray that you get to experience the peace as well.
Because of this journey, I am different. And I understand things differently.
You learn powerful lessons from cancer… things you can’t learn or appreciate anywhere else.
True wisdom comes from the struggle. And, unfortunately, we become strong because life kicks us around.
Even though the ending may not turn out the way you wanted, it will turn out the way it is supposed to.
I thank God for knowing what I needed so I could come to this place and maybe help someone else move through a similar situation.
So, what do we do now?
Live every single day like it’s your last day on earth.
Are you living the life He gave you to the fullest? If you perish tonight, would you be prepared to meet Him and feel good about what you’ve done with this gift of life you’ve been given?
If the answer to that question is no, start figuring out how to change things right now.
Spend your time doing the things that matter…
- Finding your life’s purpose
- Making the world a better place
- Spreading the word of God
- Using your gifts
- Spending time with the people you love
- Taking care of yourself
- Chasing your dreams
- Crushing your goals
- Exploring the world
- Experiencing life
During the hardest time of my life, God saw an opportunity to teach me an incredibly powerful lesson and make me a better person at the same time. I couldn’t even imagine going through something of this magnitude without my faith or without God on my side. How would you even survive?
You don’t have to worry. He’s right beside you. Giving you everything you didn’t even know you needed.
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