Disease
and illness are hard to avoid. Striving to live here in the Houston area free of
allergies is an example. Medications, a healthy diet, and living responsibly contribute
to staying healthy. Resilience, that toughness of personality and spirit, can also
limit the impact of an illness. But sometimes a fatal disease can silently creep
up on us before we realize something is dreadfully wrong.
There's something unique to be gained
for those who face death with faith that God is our eternal destiny. Harvey Gilbert
relates how a friend managed the finality of death: "As the illness
advanced, the long flight of steps represented a unique awakening. The disease
gave death time to live and its victim time to die, and time to discover time,
and in the end to discover life."
God sent his Son Jesus into the world
to give us light and a life worth living. Discovering a life worth living requires
slowing down and giving consideration to God's purpose for giving you life.
That discovery is life-changing.
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