Cancer



Cancer, known medically as malignant neoplasm is a broad group of diseases involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby body parts. The cancer may also spread to more distant body parts of the body through the lymphatic system or bloodstream. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer said.  Yester night I couldn’t fall asleep, don’t wonder why. I like all other female species tend to go through these compulsory nights of so called Insomnia but really it’s just involuntary circumstances. Anyway, somehow as I was reading and keeping my mind occupied I discovered a Pastor living with Cancer. His name is Jack Miller and in between reading his blog posts last night and now, I’ve concluded, wherever he is in the world, he is one of those awesome believers. Those people that go through certain things but have unshaken faith. I find myself being so blown away but such people. They challenge me and encourage me so much I don’t think I can clearly explain their impact inside me really.

Among his writings I came across this: “True faith is a testimony in our hearts and lives as to what God has said and what God has done. The Christian is a witness; we are not attorneys. A witness tells what he knows, an attorney argues a point.  A witness needs not argue. True faith therefore, from the witness of truth, brings the message of eternity to a finite world for all the world to hear.” This just cleared so much air in my heart. I have entitled this post Cancer not because of Pastor Miller but because it is one of the things I have recently been bumping into quite often recently. I have a cousin who survived it and each time I think of Keneilwe my heart just rejoices and I find myself doing my famous happy bum jive. My best friend lost a close friend of hers recently to it.

During the health seminar at church on Friday, Basil Gold, a world renowned health specialist, spoke in depth about it. There are more than enough scientific and medical examples available for this disease, I don’t have the acumen to even attempt to get into it. Cancer though, has had me thinking, about my life, on a personal and Spiritual aspect. The above definition from Wikipedia speaks of an “uncontrollable division and growth of cells”. So the body cannot control this. So similar to many of the things I have gone through. Uncontrollable situations and events, circumstances that just made me back off and accept defeat.  There are so many ways I can go about explaining this to you. Today let me go through this route: God is amazing. See Jack Miller points out something so profound about true faith. I love how in a nutshell he taught me to not focus on myself or my challenges but on the testimony of this amazing father. He made me come to a realization that I am not assigned to argue or plead the case of my faith to anything or anyone but testifies. A testimony comes after you have seen something move, or rather that’s what I have been told, but here I learn to testify in faith before and amidst, about God.

Cancer causes tumors, these are harmful and they weaken and demoralize the build-up of the entire body irrespective of their size. I have seen myself and those around me being affected by challenges just like these tumors. It’s a situation of hopelessness. It’s just a messy position of feeling defeated. Today I type this as a grateful apprentice of the gospel. Grateful to Cancer for teaching me the skill and the life of a testimony. Sometimes our testimonies will fight our battles. When you testify of your omnipotent God amidst malignant tumors, the confession of your lips sealed by your true faith do something somewhat magical. I think there are a few more posts that will follow regarding Cancer. My prayer is that out of this post, you too learnt something, even if it’s one tiny lesson.

I am challenged.