World Cancer Day

Last weekend, I spent Saturday morning in a hospice center during the final minutes of a loved one’s life. Although he did not transition due to cancer, there were likely others there wrestling with the “Big C.” 

As we stop to acknowledge World Cancer Day, I am mindful of all who journeyed through this world with a cancer diagnosis. I learned many years ago that cancer does not discriminate. As a news reporter, I interviewed cancer patients in all age groups.

 Recently, I Googled the name of a baby whose parents I interviewed in 1997 due to his rare cancer diagnosis. Thankfully, he is now a teenager and his cancer is in remission.  I wish I could find similar follow-up narratives on all I have known with cancer.

While it appears there are miles or years to go before cures are discovered and tested, I know there is still a healer for all manner of disease. 

May we continue to pray healing and comfort for all impacted. Today, I speak the names of all who transitioned from labor to reward, now resting with the one who also heals through death.

I speak encouragement to those striving to live abundant lives even in the midst of doctors’ appointments, chemo, radiation, and the unknown. 

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