Profoundly Beautiful Article

by Feb 13, 2016Piety, Theology2 comments

blessedAn absolute must-read article, from the now-dying author of a book I purchased when I’d gotten about a third of the way through.

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  1. joesterwind

    Great quote: “Cancer requires that I stumble around in the debris of dreams I thought I was entitled to and plans I didn’t realize I had made.” I have found that cancer clarifies priorities. It makes one more mindful of how fragile life is …how impotent we truly are. Abounding or abasing, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

    • Mark Ward

      Wow. Excellent. Better to go to the house of mourning than the house of feasting.