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Post by Tom Kelly on Jan 22, 2014 11:32:09 GMT -5
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2005 and had surgery on February 2006 I was baptised into the Presbyterian Church of Scotland and have sustained that faith throughout my childhood and adult life your own country has the saying God Our Trust on your currency that has been the cornerstone of my life that and my faith in our saviour The Lord Jesus Christ who even in my darkest hour never left my side,I am again having my faith tested as my wife of forty three years was diagnosed with lung cancer just before Christmas but I firmly believe that without The Lord our journey would be more difficult.
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Post by Rick Redner on Jan 22, 2014 11:36:19 GMT -5
Tom,
Thanks for sharing how your faith made a difference in facing cancer and you and your wife's mortality. Sadly I've met people who believe their cancer was a punishment from God for some sin in their lives. Nothing could be further from the truth. Thanks for sharing how your faith upholds you facing difficult times. I'll keep your wife in my prayers.
Rick
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Post by Tom Kelly on Jan 23, 2014 3:28:12 GMT -5
Thanks Rick I believe that God gave us three great gifts ,Faith Hope and Love .Faith to sustain us through our darkest ours,Hope that we will come through everything that is thrown at us and Love the greatest gift of all the Love of our family and friends that is given unconditionally.When I was diagnosed and lay in bed at night my thoughts turned to Biblical stories and I took great inspiration from the story of David and Goliath,David a shepherd boy took on the mighty warrior Goliath and defeated him with the help of The Lord ,my battle was with prostate cancer and with the help of The Lord I defeated it.
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Post by Rick Redner on Jan 23, 2014 11:03:19 GMT -5
Tom,
Appreciate once again you sharing how your faith made a difference in how you coped with prostate cancer. I too was blessed in such a way that it does not appear prostate cancer will the way I'll be called to my eternal home. That said, there is still yet to come an illness, injury, accident to disease which will call me home. In other words I'm still terminal. That said, I'm also forever healed because we are told:
2 Cor 5:6-8
So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.For we walk by faith, not by sight We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
(NKJV)
When I face whatever is that's going to take me home, I'd like to face it with the same thankfulness I feel for having been cured of prostate cancer. Truthfully, I'm not sure I've got the maturity in faith to do that yet.
Thanks again for sharing your faith.
Rick
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