everyday is a journey.
If my shut eyes should dare their lids to part,
I know how they must quail beneath the blaze
Of Thy Love's greatness. No; I dare not raise
One prayer, to look aloft, lest it should gaze
On such forgiveness as would break my heart.
H. S. SUTTON.
As many of you know, Anne Graham Lotz is going through chemotherapy as we speak. Her cancer happens to be breast cancer, one that has affected so many women. Today, she posted on her devotional this message about death. I wanted to share with you her story as it continues to unfold. She is an encouragement to us all, as is any cancer journey. All of us survivors are a testimony to our living God and His goodness.
No Fear of Death
By: Anne Graham Lotz
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Since the
children have flesh and blood, he (Jesus) too shared
in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the
power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were
held in slavery by their fear of death. Hebrews 2:14-15
My cancer journey
continues as I begin chemotherapy this week. My heart aches for the multitude
of people who have also dealt with this deadly disease. Yet I am praising God
for His keeping power and for your prayers that I know are sustaining me in a
constant state of peace, joy, and expectancy of blessings along the way.
I have been told that
my prognosis is excellent. But to be honest, even if it wasn’t, I can
truthfully say I have no fear of death. None at all. My perspective is the
same as the apostle Paul when he declared, For
me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (Philippians 1:21) As
my brother-in-law, Dr. Denton Lotz, stated when he was diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer at the same time I was diagnosed with breast cancer, we are
in a win-win situation.
Facing death without
fear was eloquently expressed by Jac, the grandson of my husband’s brother,
John Lotz. Jac’s mother knew he had been assigned by his teacher a
written report on the person who had greatly impacted his spiritual life, but
she didn’t know what he had written. After he left for school, she found the
following on his computer. She then forwarded it to me. It was such a
blessing, I asked Jac if I could share it with you, too, and he agreed.
Denton, Jac and I are
looking up!
Have a blessed day everyone.
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