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I Got Cancer

1/28/2021

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     You’d think this toppled tree is dead.  But look above me - a green canopy nourished by a massive root system. I’m particularly aware of my need for a deep root system these days since I got toppled by a diagnosis of cancer.
     Prognosis? No treatment plan can guarantee my physical healing But I have a hundred percent guarantee of being well spiritually if I draw upon a healthy root system instead of listening to that old root killer “fear.” I’m going to die some day anyway - maybe from cancer, maybe from something else. Why fret?
     
So I’m pursuing the medical treatment that seems best for my situation, and it’s helping. But I’m also heeding the advice of cancer survivor John Piper who said, “We waste our cancer if we think that ‘beating’ cancer means staying alive rather than cherishing Christ.”
     
Why is that? Because not only is Jesus the one who sustains me in the present, he is the door keeper to my future. After all, he nicknamed himself The Way. For those who follow him, death is the passport from this marred world into the perfect world God always intended for us.     So I’m sinking my roots into the eternal soil of God to draw up nourishment.
     
That’s a great way to live - and to die.
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​     I enjoy exchanging messages with all of you, but as I navigate through this, please understand I may not have the bandwidth to respond. Thanks.

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Sherri Brackney
1/28/2021 10:00:05 am

Dear Sweet Trish, Sorry to hear of your diagnosis of cancer. I will continue to pray for you and your precious family. Leslie said that "God does not waste pain" when she was battling cancer for so many years. That pain comes in many ways. God has blessed you with so much wisdom and wonderful words. I know He will continue with that gift. Hugs to you and yours. Sherri

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Yvonne Williams
1/28/2021 12:14:43 pm

You are in my prayers for healing and I will look forward to your progress.

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