With its ups and oops moments, complete with starts without finishes, unfulfilled dreams, and outright undefinable experiences, LIFE Happens. Cancer became my undefinable experience. This journey took me to the Book of Ruth. I invite you, my audience, to follow me on my journey.
Any dictionary source defines cancer as a growth capable of spreading to wreak havoc anywhere it touches. When medical experts identify the presence of cancer, some individuals respond with anxiety, in anger, or steal away into loneliness only to later express feelings of abandonment, resentment, and hopelessness, especially when they are the victim.
Having spent an entire career in policing and law enforcement, I define something analogous with finding oneself the victim of an unprovoked assault or the target for a stray bullet. Sounds cruel!
Cancer is real; cancer is a targeted assault on the body. When the medical team first delivered the news, my response was “I don’t have time for cancer!” When I turned away from the diagnosis I cried and turned to God to learn I had not become the victim of an unprovoked or unplanned attack. God’s design was to use me as His vessel for change in another person’s life. It Wasn’t ALL about me!
Well, how did I reach this conclusion? I remembered; it is about what I believed, who I trusted, and who I had a relationship with to help me through challenges in my life. Once I achieved spiritual, emotional, and mental resolve about what would lie ahead, the journey that remains ongoing, became a critical concern that was always a matter for God and not me. I became more accepting of pending health challenges and schedule changes. (I chuckle when I write schedule changes.
I am RETIRED.)
It Wasn’t ALL About Me!
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