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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