Don't Waste Your Cancer

Maybe it was me that did it to myself,in my lifestyle in what I ate or drank..I was given my own free will by God like everyone else..I don’t blame God but I do know this he was there when I needed him and is always there when I pray for myself or others..I do believe I have been spared for a reason and that could be to let everyone know there is a heaven and a God..I talk to anyone who will listen to me and you know I just give my lord the glory for healing me..One day I will go on to be with him in heaven but right now I am here to tell the story of my recovery..and to give all the glory to God..

It’s your belief and attitude.

Wife and I can attest to your statement/belief

Bless you and may come through this ordeal. I am pulling for you.

“...unbiblical prosperity gospel nonsense.”

LOL! Living in Christian poverty is not terribly interesting, I guess.

That is great!

My adult son was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. That Piper article was sent to him by a foreign missionary friend of ours whose wife suffered with cancer a few years ago and was eventually cured, and it made sense in that confusing time of shock and almost disbelief that this dreaded disease had actually struck someone so near and dear to us. I suppose we had somehow gotten the idea that nothing that bad would happen to any of our family because we're all born again Christians and nothing this bad has ever come our way before, therefore God must love us more than those other people who have big troubles in life. Both scripture and similar burdens placed on other Christians we know should have told us that was not a sound concept, but I guess we haven't been listening very well. OK God, you have our full attention now, and perhaps that is what this cancer thing is all about to begin with.

My son is doing surprisingly well on chemotherapy and hasn't had any really bad side affects so far, and for that blessing we thank God every day. But the chemo treatment is not over by a long shot, and we know the side affects will get worse as the drugs build up in his system. We now also have faith that God will see my son and us successfully through whatever He allows to come our way.

Another troubling side of chemotherapy for him is that he's an airline pilot with a 2-kid family, a mortgage, and all of the usual bills that go along with normal suburban life in the US today, and the FAA flight rules won't allow him to fly commercial aircraft again for a full year after the chemo treatment ends. After his sick pay runs out he will be on his own without pay or any health insurance coverage except for a COBRA policy that will cost an arm and a leg for less coverage. He and we both have some savings and other securities, but not a full year's worth for all of his family's needs. The two kids are now going to be home schooled next school year by their mother instead of attending the private Christian school my grand-daughter has attended since kindergarten, and which her brother was also scheduled to begin attending this next term, so that will be a big saving without sacrificing their education in a Christian environment.

But for now his mother and I, actually all of our family, are just hanging on to God's promise that he won't allow His children to be given any burden that he doesn't also give them the strength to bear. Possible financial problems are way down the list of things we're concerned about right now, because we believe that God has promised to supply all of our legitimate needs if we ask Him to, and we are certainly asking.

Any prayers offered up by Christian FReepers on his behalf would be greatly appreciated in case anyone out there would like to join us in prayer for his healing, a full recovery, and for our learning whatever lesson that God is teaching us by this illness. Many thanks in advance to all who pray.

If CNN had to report that they’d given their wealth to the poor and dedicated their lives to helping others, CNN would probably have a complete meltdown.

I agree. That kind of selflessness and self-sacrificial Christian love for the down and out is most likely beyond the capability of people like the majority of the CNN staff and management to understand.

I think Ted Turner is still the owner of CNN isn't he? Ted has publicly criticized Christianity and blasphemed our Saviour on many occasions, but I pray that he will repent and turn to Christ before his earthly life ends. I don't wish eternal damnation on anyone no matter how much I am offended by their political or religious views and their profligate lifestyles. Jesus died for them just as he died for me and I don't deserve salvation any more so than Turner does. But He offers it to all who will believe on Him and accept Him as Lord in accordance with His salvation plan as per the Apostle Paul's divinely inspired letter to the Romans, ch 10: vv 9-10. God's amazing grace is just that, amazing.

God gives us many many opportunities. We should not blame Him just because we tend to view them as problems.