darmab
July 26th, 2008, 07:58 AM
I don't know if this has been posted or not but I was very moved by it and I wanted to share it. You'll find the entire text about mid-page on the site.
I've never done this before, so I hope this is done correctly. :)
Cancer's Unexpected Blessings
When you enter the Valley of the Shadow of Death, things change.
By Tony Snow
Christianity Today
July 20, 2007
Blessings arrive in unexpected packages—in my case, cancer.
Those of us with potentially fatal diseases—and there are millions in America today—find ourselves in the odd position of coping with our mortality while trying to fathom God's will. Although it would be the height of presumption to declare with confidence What It All Means, Scripture provides powerful hints and consolations.
The first is that we shouldn't spend too much time trying to answer the why questions: Why me? Why must people suffer? Why can't someone else get sick? We can't answer such things, and the questions themselves often are designed more to express our anguish than to solicit an answer.
http://joelrosenberg.blogspot.com/
I've never done this before, so I hope this is done correctly. :)
Cancer's Unexpected Blessings
When you enter the Valley of the Shadow of Death, things change.
By Tony Snow
Christianity Today
July 20, 2007
Blessings arrive in unexpected packages—in my case, cancer.
Those of us with potentially fatal diseases—and there are millions in America today—find ourselves in the odd position of coping with our mortality while trying to fathom God's will. Although it would be the height of presumption to declare with confidence What It All Means, Scripture provides powerful hints and consolations.
The first is that we shouldn't spend too much time trying to answer the why questions: Why me? Why must people suffer? Why can't someone else get sick? We can't answer such things, and the questions themselves often are designed more to express our anguish than to solicit an answer.
http://joelrosenberg.blogspot.com/