What Cancer Cannot Do! (Much really!)

Made it to the youth Group Pancake Party! Even (wait for it) managed a glass of wine when I got home – this was the first time I’ve fancied a drink in two weeks. Must confess that a lack of desire for a glass of vino was one of the most worrying symptoms…he, he..

I mentioned yesterday a great little book I’d been sent by the guys at ‘Word of Life’ Church Great Barford called ‘What Cancer Cannot Do’. It’s brill. When it arrived I thought ‘Oh no, here goes death by a thousand cuts by Patience Strong’. I was wrong. No platitudes, just lots of stories of hope and encouragement. The chapter headings are:

Cancer is so limited…

It cannot cripple Love
It cannot shatter Hope
It cannot corrode Faith
It cannot kill Friendship
It cannot suppress Memories
It cannot silence Courage
It cannot invade the Soul
It cannot steal eternal Life
It cannot conquer the Spirit

All this is spot on. Since this little nasty was diagnosed we have felt more loved by friends and family than ever, since that point our faith in God and hope for a future have grown, we have seen friendships restored with those we love but had drifted apart from. We have realised that we have been so blessed in the past with a great marriage and fantastic kids, we hope we can continue to be brave, our souls are strong, we are 100% certain that God has a home for us after this life no matter what and feel the presence of the Holy Spirit each day.

If the worse cancer can do is kill you and death is defeated in Jesus then it is really VERY limited and so can bog off to where it came from.

Oops – once a preacher, always a preacher. Must behave!

Life does, must, and should go on regardless of a daft disease.

Health wise – feeling very well this morning – 48 hours now without chemo injections and the tablets. The nasty (but good for me) stuff must be working its way through my system. We are really looking forward to a week at the cottage in France for half term with little Carys. James is starting to get excited about his week in Denver with school – he’s practicing his skiing at the indoor snow dome in Milton Keynes each Thursday and hasn’t broken anything yet.

See ya all...