The Cure
I know I'm supposed to write about this. And am sorry for the delay.
I can tell you right now this isn't eloquent or perfectly written or special, but somehow I hope the magnitude of it can resonate in you as it does me.
At a speaking event last month, the speaker asked, "if you had a cure for cancer, would you keep it to yourself?" Such an easy answer. My mind went straight to people I know that are struggling with it, not just physically, but spiritually as well. I yearn for them to know there is hope, both for healing now, but more importantly, for a forever healing.
For God has given us a cure, not for cancer, but for death itself, through Jesus Christ. A cure for death. How can we be silent?
And yet, it's so hard to communicate your relationship with Christ to another person with the clarity, beauty, profoundness, and personalness in which it is to me. He loves me, He knows me, He reveals things to me, He encourages me, He heals me, and He has performed a miracle in me. I know some of them are written here to share with others and so that I won't forget. But, I have to somehow keep communicating them outwardly, sincerely, and even boldly at times. I don't know how, but I have to keep trying...and trying harder. It's important, right? What could be more important?
I think a great place to start is relationships. God is so not after a list of to-dos from us, but a relationship.
At a memorial service a few weeks ago, the pastor said something very similar about death that brought a stream of tears down my face. I wrote it down so as not to forget:
Cancer and disease and sickness and depression and pain all suck. But ultimately, we are cured from them all.
For The Cure fans, I'd call that a pretty awesome Love Song.
I can tell you right now this isn't eloquent or perfectly written or special, but somehow I hope the magnitude of it can resonate in you as it does me.
At a speaking event last month, the speaker asked, "if you had a cure for cancer, would you keep it to yourself?" Such an easy answer. My mind went straight to people I know that are struggling with it, not just physically, but spiritually as well. I yearn for them to know there is hope, both for healing now, but more importantly, for a forever healing.
For God has given us a cure, not for cancer, but for death itself, through Jesus Christ. A cure for death. How can we be silent?
And yet, it's so hard to communicate your relationship with Christ to another person with the clarity, beauty, profoundness, and personalness in which it is to me. He loves me, He knows me, He reveals things to me, He encourages me, He heals me, and He has performed a miracle in me. I know some of them are written here to share with others and so that I won't forget. But, I have to somehow keep communicating them outwardly, sincerely, and even boldly at times. I don't know how, but I have to keep trying...and trying harder. It's important, right? What could be more important?
I think a great place to start is relationships. God is so not after a list of to-dos from us, but a relationship.
At a memorial service a few weeks ago, the pastor said something very similar about death that brought a stream of tears down my face. I wrote it down so as not to forget:
"Death has taken Leslie, but God has taken her from death."Leslie cared about people. The incredible number of friends and clients attested that. Relationships clearly were important to her, and had a great impact on those that knew her.
Cancer and disease and sickness and depression and pain all suck. But ultimately, we are cured from them all.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!A new birth. A living hope. A cure from death.
In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you. 1 Peter 1:3-4
For The Cure fans, I'd call that a pretty awesome Love Song.
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