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What
Cancer Cannot Do
Cancer!
This very word brings such a broad range of
emotions to those who hear it: sadness, despair,
disappointment, and the list goes on.
One would be hard-pressed to find a family that
has not been affected by this terrible disease.
Yet,
as the following poem written by an unknown author
reminds us, cancer is still very limited:
Cancer Is So Limited...
It cannot cripple LOVE, It
cannot shatter HOPE,
It cannot corrode FAITH, It
cannot eat away PEACE,
It cannot destroy CONFIDENCE, It
cannot kill FRIENDSHIP,
It cannot shout out MEMORIES, It
cannot silence COURAGE,
It cannot invade the SOUL, It
cannot reduce ETERNAL LIFE,
It cannot quench the SPIRIT,
It cannot
lessen the power of the RESURRECTION!
Because
of JESUS, cancer does NOT have the last word!
Because of Jesus, ANY disease – and even
death itself – are not the FINAL chapters of our
lives. The Apostle Peter wrote the following words of
assurance to some suffering Christians: "Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again
to a LIVING HOPE through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance
incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade
away, reserved in heaven for YOU" (1 Peter
1:3-4).
This
IS the hope of the Christian, and this hope can be
yours –IF–
you will
place your trust
in God (Hebrews 11:6), repent
of sin (2 Corinthians 7:9-10), confess
Jesus before others (Romans 10:9-10), be baptized
(immersed) for the forgiveness of sin (Acts 2:38), AND
cling to that living hope that Christ offers - through
your continued, faithful obedience (1 John 1:7).
HEAR
the words of the Apostle Paul; "For I am
convinced that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height,
nor depth, nor ANY other created thing, will be able
to separate
us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord" (Romans 8:38-39).
Cancer
CANNOT touch the hope that Christ brings!
Cancer CANNOT tarnish the inheritance of the
faithful child of God.
Will
YOU not TRUST and OBEY so
that this hope can be YOURS?
God
bless you!
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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