sirsholly
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ORIGINAL: MoGa quote:
ORIGINAL: Gwynssoftandshy Dunno if anyone wants to read this, but i found it inspiring. It's a prayer. What Cancer Cannot Do. Cancer is so limited. . .It cannot cripple love, It cannot shatter hope, It cannot corrode faith, It cannot eat away peace, It cannot kill friendship, It cannot silence courage, It cannot invade the soul, It cannot reduce eternal life, It cannot destroy confidence, It cannot shut out memories, It cannot quench the spirit, It cannot lessen the power of the resurrection. Though the physical body may be destroyed by disease, the spirit can remain triumphant. If disease has invaded your body, refuse to let it touch your spirit. Your body can be severely afflicted, and you may have a struggle, But if you keep trusting God's love, your spirit will remain strong. Why must I bear this pain? I cannot tell; I only know my Lord does all things well. And so I trust in God, my all in all. For He will bring me through, whatever befall. Edited because i'm having some trouble posting the whole thing. Soft, thank you. I hate it that when I read this I broke into tears, because although cancer can not do this to the person who has it, it certainly can and did do it to this person who had to care for the one who had it. It did shatter my hope. It did shatter my confidence. It did corrode my faith, and it did quench my spirit. My beloved brother was oblivious to all of it, but I will have these memories the rest of my life. I'm sorry I can't share in this prayer. MoGa i felt as you, MoGa, not about cancer, but about the illness that claimed my late husband. We all prayed so hard for healing, but the illness ran wild. It shattered both my spirit and the lifelong faith i had. But then, reality hit. It was GODS way, not my way. While I were so busy praying for his body to heal, i was blinded to the real healing that was happening. Every time his physical self lost yet another battle, his spirit grew that much stronger. Toward the end there was a gentleness, a calmness, and a sense of peace that was never present before. While i wanted so badly for his body to release the illness, his spirit released the anger, bitterness, and awful memories that held him captive for so long. What i am trying to say is highly personal and brings on a flood of emotions that prevents me from making sense..
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