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    What Cancer Cannot Do
    What Cancer Cannot Do
    What Cancer Cannot Do
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    What Cancer Cannot Do

    By Zondervan

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    Cancer is so limited… It cannot cripple life, it cannot shatter hope, it cannot corrode faith, it cannot … Filled with encouragement and hope for anyone dealing with cancer, this book combines uplifting Scripture from the NIV, inspirational quotes, and encouraging stories from cancer survivors.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateFeb 23, 2010
    ISBN9780310864639
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      What Cancer Cannot Do - Zondervan

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      CANCER IS SO LIMITED

      It cannot cripple God’s love

      ETERNAL LOVE

      Nothing — not the probing fingers, the painful needle stabs, the interminable waiting for results, the surgery, .. the pathology reports, the naming of the dreaded word cancer —can separate us from the love of God.

      For God made us, forming us in our mother’s womb, knowing every part of us down to the very DNA of our cells. Yes, he knew that some of those cells would go astray, fleeing the intent for which they were created and following after their own way. He knew those aberrant cells were multiplying in us long before we sensed them. But just as, in love, God brought us to salvation through the cleansing blood of his son, Jesus Christ, so he will, in love, save us from the truly crippling effects of cancer. For when we are most afraid, his love calms us; when we feel abandoned, he surrounds us with his presence; when we feel we have lost our way, he lights up the darkness; when we are restless with pain, he soothes us with his touch; when we lose heart, thinking we will never be well again, he restores our soul.

      He does this through songs in the night and Scriptures by day; through the private prayers of friends and the corporate intercession of the church; through the expert care of doctors and the compassionate hands of nurses; through the testimony of cancer survivors and the shining leadership of saints who die in the Lord. But most of all, he does this through his ever-vigilant, wholly sufficient, eternally satisfying love.

      CANCER CANNOT CRIPPLE GOD’S LOVE. He loved us from the beginning, he loves us through disease, he loves us in and out of treatment, and he loves us to the end, where, someday, we will know no more tears, no more sorrow, and no more death — only the incredible wonder of his love.

      FAMILY BONDS

      We called my sister Jane a scaredy cat. As a child, she feared germs, intruders, and bad food. She washed her hands till they shriveled, pulled the curtains every evening at dusk, and sniffed everything before it touched her mouth.

      As an adult, her terror shifted to leaving home, traveling on trains, heavy traffic, and big cities — specifically Chicago. Nonetheless, she took on all those challenges to be with me when I was hospitalized with acute leukemia. What’s gotten into Jane? our other sisters asked in amazement. She’s scared of everything. How did she dare do this?

      Bottom line? Jane cared more about me than her own safety. Her love transcended her fears as she packed her bags, boarded the Amtrak in Lafayette, Indiana, navigated the busy streets of Chicago, and found her way through the hospital maze to my side.

      Her love also lifted me above my fears. Somehow the surgical insert of a PICC line in my upper arm to administer chemotherapy wasn’t so bad with Jane’s hand to grab, the side-effects of toxic drugs like Daunorubicin and Cytarabine not so debilitating as Jane fetched me hot tea, the long nights more bearable knowing Jane would be there in the morning.

      Family love isn’t perfect. Sometimes we siblings argue and separate. Sometimes we badmouth each other. Sometimes we just ignore each other. We get busy and life moves on. Then something like cancer threatens our lives, and we find in a new way that people who matter most are people who know us best and love us anyway. And, like God, they love us far more than we believed possible.

      Family love is not limited to people with biological connections. Some of my most precious sisters and brothers are related to me in Christ. That bond is so strong that when one member of our family is struck down by illness, the rest of the family feels it as one. We reach out to each other with prayers, cards, meals, visits, and offers to help in any way possible. And because we’re family, we accept the help and give God thanks for it.

      Cancer cannot cripple that kind of love.

      WELCOME THE DAY

      A friend’s son, who had Down’s syndrome, greeted every day the same. He’d yank open the blinds on the patio doors and announce:

      "This is the day that the Lord has made;

      we will rejoice and be glad in it!"

      Not all of us have that kind of zest for life. There are some days we’d rather dismiss from our calendars. We’d like to pull the covers over our heads and let the day pass without us. Other days we’d like to rush through, hoping for something better on the other side.

      It takes something like cancer to freeze-frame us in the present. For when the dreaded news comes, we realize we no longer have the luxury of wasting time griping about piddly stuff like bad weather or boring weekends or wrinkly foreheads. All that stuff that we used to fret over becomes inconsequential when the future is in jeopardy and all we’re sure we have is today.

      Worrying about the future is inevitable, of course, as our lives take a detour from the ordinary into a bizarre maze of tests, surgical procedures, blood work, and treatment options. We don’t know what’s coming next, and that bothers us. Not knowing if we’re doing the right thing also bothers us: Are we seeing the right doctor? Are we getting the best treatment for our type of cancer?

      But most of all we worry about how much time we have left. What are my chances of living with this cancer — will I

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