A Lesson Worth Repeating
God has allowed me to go through some hard experiences in life. I dealt with 2 cases of breast cancer as well as my father's decline and death from Alzheimers. If you have not suffered just wait. Suffering is eventually a part of every person's life. After my first bout with cancer I was determined to learn whatever God wanted me to learn from this. I was drawn to the words of the Puritan Thomas Watson. He said that our good and God's glory are found in the same direction. It was much easier to see how God was glorified through my cancer than it was to see how it was for my good. The many brothers and sisters in Christ who took the time to pray, write me an encouraging note, cook a meal, provide a ride to radiation treatments brought glory to God as they demonstrated the unity in the body of Christ. As the years passed and I went through my second breast cancer and radical surgery, I became more certain of the importance of the attributes of God. They are important n...