Monday, February 05, 2007

Cancer Is So Limited

I was reading an excerpt from a memorial service of someone who had succumbed to cancer recently and I think it worth sharing with you.

Cancer is limited:
  • It cannot cripple love,
  • It cannot corrode faith,
  • It cannot eat away peace,
  • It cannot destroy confidence,
  • It cannot kill friendship,
  • It cannot shut out memories,
  • It cannot silence courage,
  • It cannot invade the soul,
  • It cannot reduce eternal life,
  • It cannot quench the Spirit,
  • It cannot lessen the power of the resurrection.

How truly powerless this and other deadly diseases are. The things that are of real value are totally unaffected. Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27

We may fear the unknown and the suffering we may face, but we can, at the same time, confidently face all that troubles us knowing that He waits to take us home with Him for eternity. Cancer is so limited. This world is so limited. Satan is soooo limited. Praise God for His power over ALL things.

Dana Burk

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, but it can kill, so it seems pretty powerful to me

Anonymous said...

Yes, it can and that's the horrible disgusting side effect of sin.

BUT God is bigger than death. There's hope and life even after death. He's made it possible through *Jesus'* death and with Jesus' *resurrection*, we don't have to be afraid of death or let the power of it keep us from living. :)