First, let me start with this: My God is not a cosmic killjoy waiting for me to screw up so that he can sit on his throne and smite me, refuse to bless me, love me, or forgive me. It is actually the opposite. Because He loves me so much, He has saved me from the shame and torment of hell, whether it be hell on earth or an eternal hell. Therefore, the way I live my life is not a choice. It is the amazing power of God, His grace love and mercy that lives in me and daily directs my steps.
Before Christ, there was no guarantee on my future. With Christ I have the guarantee that either way, this ends well for me.
Following is the email I recieved (bolded portions are the email):
I cannot grasp this line of thinking, Heather. I would much rather not believe in anything than to believe god would have the power to heal my daughter but “choose” not to, or the power to heal me. Or that he is so all-knowing that he knows your struggles and piles more and more on top of you just to try to teach you something. That is sick.
The answer to the question is that Adam and Eve sinned. Simple as that. I don’t feel this is God “knowing my struggles and piling more and more on top of me just to try to teach me something.†But I have a personal relationship with my God, just like I have a personal relationship with my husband and children. You said “I would much rather not believe in anything than to believe that God would have the power to heal my daughter but ‘choose’ not to or the power to heal me†Do you know any one this earth that doesn’t have an illness, either emotional or physical? Do you know anyone on this earth who has lived forever? We all must face disease and heartbreak, and again, it is because of the Garden of Eden. I can understand how if you don’t believe anything in the bible, that would be something difficult for you to grasp, I really do. But you asked a question and I am answering it as directly and graciously as I can.
Do you walk around piling more pain on your children so they know the value of your love? No. Use common sense.
Well, you and I see “piling more pain” in a totally different light. If you mean do I love them enough to direct them and discipline them for things they do wrong.. I absolutely do. In the quest for them to understand how deep my love is for them, I absolutely do. But then again, I dont look at my cancer or my daughters disablilities as a “Punishment”. And I dont view Christ in the light that you view him in.
Have you read the book of Job? So many horrible things happen to Job. The one thing that Job said that sticks out in my heart and mind is the following:
“Though he (satan) slay me, yet will I hope in Him (Christ)â€
I can understand how that would be hard to believe for a non believer. I understand how you would question how a gracious and loving God could allow bad things to happen to people. But they happen to believers and non believers alike. It doesn’t matter if you do or don’t believe in my God. The world is a sick and evil place. We have turned what could have been a wonderful and glorious place into what it has become today, through our selfish desires, wants and needs. How can God sit back and watch all of this happening, He hasn’t. I believe in heaven, I believe that no matter what, this ends well for me. I believe that he has given people to who choose to believe in Him and his mercy a way out.
What do you believe in?
Do you know the most frustrating thing for people like me?
Here is what I see in your posts:
- god allowed you to have cancer.
- he allowed your daughter to have a fatal illness.
- he allowed your other children to suffer along with you and your family and those who care about you.
We have to admit that there is something called “cause and effectâ€. That the actions of ourselves and others directly impact the world around us. Pollution, Greed, disease, etc. Do I believe that God desired for me to have cancer. Absolutely not. That wasn’t His perfect will for my life. His perfect will was changed in the Garden of Eden. Man sinned. End of story, end of perfection.
But he gives us a thing called “Freewillâ€
He does intervene in our lives. He has shown His power at many times through out past history. But there is a limit to this intervention: He has allowed man freewill, and He allows man to use that freewill — for good or evil
And I do believe that He gives me the grace and the strength to face this. I do believe that he gives my daughter, even though she is young and mentally disabled the ability to affect others around her in a deep and personal way. I do believe that we all have stories to tell, and it is up to us to choose how we tell those stories. I choose hope. I choose grace. I choose God.
Then he requires you to thank him for all the horrible things you’re going through and apologize to him for being a normal human being and being upset by it.
I disagree, and I will tell you why. Christ didn’t cause this. Mans sin did. He doesn’t want me to apologize for being upset about it, it simply is what it is. It sucks, I know that and He knows that. He gives me the tools to cope with it, whether you believe in them or not, I believe in them. Every person has the ability to choose who they will serve, man or God. You know who I choose.
Then you spend your time begging and pleading with him to do something about all this pain only to come to your realization that he wants you to go through it so you can supposedly “grow” spiritually.
I disagree, and I will tell you why again. I do not spend all of my time begging and pleading with him “to do something about all this painâ€. I face cancer and my daughter’s illness daily, just like many other people face their trials daily. I don’t claim to know all the answers, but I do know one thing, I could NOT face this with out Christ. I don’t get up in the morning and start my day with “begging God†to do what I want him to do. I live my life the best I know how and am extremely thankful for every minute of every day that I have left on this earth. I don’t look at my daughter and think of her as a mistake, or a source of pain in my life. I don’t think she looks at her life as “painful†either. I look at her and see a wonderful, beautiful, amazing child who happens to have some disabilities, but don’t we all? Every single one of us is not void of emotional or physical disabilities.
It is how we choose to face those “disabilities†that makes or breaks us.
Because you’re right, he’s never going to heal your daughter and you know that. Maybe man-made medicine will one day heal her and I hope it does. She deserves to live
And that is where you are wrong 
I know that she will be healed, along with myself, my husband my other children… every single person that chooses Christ will be healed one day. We all have afflictions, remember?
God has not healed your cancer. Without chemo and radiation you’d be dead (or close to it) by now.
That is not god. That is men who studied science. And I’ve heard the argument that god gave these doctors the wisdom. Whatever. Most doctors are atheists to begin with.
How do you know? How do you know that my cancer has not been healed? How do you know that God didn’t give these doctors wisdom?
How do you know that “Most doctors are atheists to begin with� I can tell you EVERY. SINGLE. DOCTOR. I have come into contact with, starting with my daughter’s doctors and ending with my cancer doctors believe wholeheartedly in Christ.
Then you must recognize that you don’t deserve his supposed grace that you can never quite pinpoint what it is to begin with. You must feel guilty about absolutely everything you’ve ever done wrong.
That is the difference between a non believer and a believer. Our wrong doings are tossed as far as the east is from the west. We don’t feel guilty about past sins, at least we shouldn’t feel guilty over them. It is by our own choosing that we feel guilty, not by Gods choosing. He desires us to live a life free of guilt and shame.
And I can pinpoint his grace daily in my life. 
And then when something good happens you attribute it to god and claim you didn’t deserve such goodness. And it’s very important to say you don’t deserve it otherwise god will either never bless you again or possibly in some way smite you for being prideful.
I don’t know what god you are talking about, but that sounds nothing like my God. He isn’t sitting up on his throne, ready to “smite†anyone. Where do you get that? Through out my blog I have talked about Gods goodness, His faithfulness, never once have I mentioned his “smite-fullness†Never once have I mentioned having a fear that he will never bless me again if I am not thankful for my blessings.
In the end you must thank him for it all and if you don’t jump through all of these hoops then you just might end up with god writing you off forever and you’ll end up with Satan torturing you in hell for all eternity anyway.
We have a different perspective on this reality, and that is okay. I am not going to argue with you about this because in the end we both agree on the outcome, we just don’t agree on the process.
I would think this life journey you’re on would be much easier without all of this drama.
I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: “Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They’re his people, he’s their God. He’ll wipe every tear from their eyes. Death is gone for good—tears gone, crying gone, pain gone—all the first order of things gone.” The Enthroned continued, “Look! I’m making everything new. Write it all down—each word dependable and accurate.” – Revelation 21:3-5 (The Message)
That doesn’t sound like “Drama†to me…
Let me ask you this question:
What if your wrong?
As in classy Heather fashion, you have been much more gracious than most. I have seen over and over in yur blog, the shingin examples of God’s goodness. I think one of the things that the world doesn’t get, is that is really isn’t all about us! We have it reinforced over & over, ad ,that we have to put ourselves first. There is such a finite, mortal perspective on these *80 years we’ve been given on this earth. It isn’t until we leave the confines of what we know, what we are safe in, that we truly live! I’m not saying that dealing with trials, pain and heartaches is supposed to be a cakewalk and that we are fake if we act like it’s no big deal. Eternal perspective changes everything! I have no desire to die just yet but I know that should that happen, I have NO fear of what awaits me. Our Pastor said a long time ago,
“There IS a God and you ain’t Him!”
Whether we choose to accept the gift of salvation through Christ, using our free will is entirely up to us. Too many people want God to be the magic genie in the lamp who will wipe away all of our sorrows. I have never grown so much nor felt as contented and loved as wehn I have been enduring those hardships.
I give thanks for you heather and the way that YOU have chosen to let God shine through you!
Connie
I kinda think that God is smiling about now saying “That’s My Girl!”
Love you much
Dad
I find it interesting that someone would use this site as a forum for theological debate.
She has cancer. It’s her blog. It’s not about you.
I read this site because my sister-n-law has a brain tumor. Heather’s writing and perspective helps.
Heather,
You are quite the apologist. It is always encouraging to see a Christian articulate the tenets of faith clearly. Well done!
Anonymous,
While I certainly wouldn’t presume to add to what Heather has so eloquently said, I would like to say that, according to Scripture, Christ Himself learned obedience from what He suffered (Hebrews 5:8), just as I do.
I’d like to thank you for taking the time to outline your thoughts and pose your questions. I hope you’ll listen with your heart to Heather’s answers.
I read your blog daily but have never commented. I cannot believe the audacity of some people. You and your family have been through hell and back but yet you are still the most positive and uplifting person I have ever come across. As Kathy said, this is your blog and if the reader doesn’t like what you have to say, quit reading it! Maybe they can publish their own blog and attract other atheists. Keep the faith rockin’!
Heather, I read your responses, but my opinion is no different. You’re jumping through all kinds of hoops to please and try to get peace from a god that you can’t seem to get what you want from. You are trying to be good enough, smart enough, have enough faith that he’ll somehow magically go, “Okay, Heather, you’ve suffered enough, NOW let me just heal you and your daughter.” You know, I wish you were right. I used to be a Christian and I used to believe the same way you do but it wasn’t until I studied the scriptures and saw the inconsistencies, the discrepencies, the contradictions and that the god of the old testament is not the god written about in the new testament at all, that I decided to think for myself and realize that you know what? All of these people jumping through hoops and trying to do things to please their god is downright sadistic. You say you discipline your children and compare that to god allowing you to have cancer? Oh my. I don’t know what kind of discipline you use but I can tell you that positive reinforcement and parenting goes a lot further. Nor would I cause my children to suffer repeatedly at my own hand. That’s not love, that’s sadism.
I don’t know why I’m telling you this. Someone already told me “it’s her blog.” Yes, it is. It’s also public and not everyone agrees with you. I think you are a genuine and very nice person (from what I can read). I think you probably are a great mother, friend, daughter and all the things you talk about. I feel sorry for you, though. You’re spending all your time praying for this miracle that will never happen without medical intervention. It sounds like you’ll beat your cancer hands down. Is that god? No. It’s medicine. I know plenty of muslims, atheists and even a pedophile that survived cancer. And I know several people who loved god and prayed and pleaded for them to be healed who died. Your daughter may get a new heart and live a perfectly happy and long life. You’ll attribute it to god. Put the 2 of you on an island alone and you’d die left at the hands of your god. But then they’ll be people sitting back saying “well, she was healed by being taken to heaven.”
Just so you know, I have a terminal illness myself (not cancer) and if I am wrong and your god is who you claim, then hopefully he is not a self-absorbed sadist and will forgive me for being wrong.
How sad that someone feels the need to attack you when all you are trying to do is help others. People are entitled to their opinions, but this is your blog.
You’ve got a lot of guts. Most people would have just deleted the message.
You have helped me in numerous ways with my own spiritual struggle. Thank you for that! xoxo
I don’t comment often, but I read (and pray) regularly. Very well said, Heather. Thank you for being willing to share your faith and your thoughts.
Great job Heather! You said the truth and that is what the lost ened to hear. We will jsut pray now that God will open the eyes of this person to His goodness.
Still praying for you!
~Gina
I am sorry for this man or woman who wrote those things to you. They do not know the joy of our Lord. They are the losers and the sad part is, they don’t need to be if they only knew His Love as we do.
Susan
Well said my sister. If people realized how holy God was, and how unholy we are…they would have a completely different perspective on life. It’s going to be sweet to meet the Lord in the air isn’t it!
Maybe today will be the day
elly
I don’t often comment, but I read every new post you put up, and my friend, this one was just so sad to read. Those are some hateful, hate-filled things to say to someone who has suffered and gone through all that you’ve gone through. Yet, there always must be the “doubting Thomas”, correct? That person is always the one wanting to put their fingers in the holes of Jesus’ hands…to PROVE it’s all real.
I found the comment about God not healing you particularly offensive. The person claims that it’s the chemo and radiation. But who created it? yeah…some person did, but who gave that person the knowledge? God did…there’s NOTHING on this earth that is not here without God.
Heather, you were so amazingly gracious. I’d have just ignored her, or ranted and raved. But you took the high road, the road to righteousness…and that can only be God in your life.
Dear Heather,
I praise God for your gracious and brave responses. Our vision tends to be so narrow in this life, focusing only on the mere +/- 70 years we have here on this earth. You clearly have your eyes fixed on eternity as you “press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Our citizenship is heaven. Amen! The Lord is using you mightily, Heather. May He richly bless you and your family.
I read but don’t comment that much and again you’ve been very gracious to this person and in your words.
I can’t fathom why anonymous even feels the need to comment especially if they are so secure in their beliefs. They need to rest in their security and let you rest in yours. You aren’t hurting them and they certainly aren’t hurting you. It’s really sad that anonymous can’t use their time for something better.
I also found it very interesting that they would not capitalize God but did capitalize Satan. How do you believe in one without the other? I would think they would both be fictitious based on their thinking. Just my two cents.
Heather, thank you again for showing us the true love of Christ as you have again and again!
That gave me goosebumps!!!
God is so good!!!
I’m so proud of you, my Sister in Christ.
I could say a thousand other things, but I’ll leave it at that.
You said the rest so well.
~Leah in Alaska~
Dear Heather,
I would just have to ignore such attacks by an anonymous person, who has no hope. God is our hope, the Word of God says. And it also says “Nothing is impossible with God.” You don’t need this type of harassment to add to your stress. God bless you and yours.
Love,
Cathy
your response to the email that was sent to you is filled with Godly knowlegde and was answered in a way that leaves the person who God loves with questions to ask himself and perhaps see that the God we serve is a loving God,but until we take a step into Gods direction we will not know Him the way believers do. and it is because Gods spirit lives in us otherwise I would not have had the determination to seek God and I needed HIM esperately in my life as no one else on earth could have helped me in my painful walk in life an I knew that. My “thorn” brought me into the kingdom and many times I think would I have searched for God had I not been afflicted with this illness, I don’t think so. I am now seeking God to show me what I must do so others through me can be saved.
Praying for you every day Heather.
God Bless You and Your Family Heather!!!
Praying for Annonymous!!!
God is good. He’s in my life, your life and anon’s life, whether they choose to embrace it or not. I understand what they are saying and I still think that God will be good to this person in the end. That’s the power of our lord… the one you and I both trust and love.
I pray for you often but it will be my prayer tonight that anon see’s how great God truthfully is and can be. I lost my Grandfather to cancer and I believe he is healed… in heaven because that was the best cure for him. Not because of a lack of medical knowledge and intervention. But, it was God’s will that he return home.
Just as I will return to my maker one day, so will you and everyone here on this earth. I pray that I live eternity in heaven and anon be judged fairly by Christ and be ok with the decision that is made for “his” eternal being.
Bless you Heather. You have dealt with this situation so righteously. I just pray that anon can see it your way… which is the way of the Lord.
Wow! I just stumbled upon your blog and was blown away by your amazing spirit! You are a wonderful woman of God and he has blessed you in so many ways. You are reaching out to people when so many of us would be in a fetal position rocking back and forth in a corner! I have been blessed by reading your blog as I know so many others have. How I wish you lived close so we could talk over coffee! I only pray that someday I can be as strong as you..you are a true inspiration to Believers and non Believers!
Blessings to you Heather and your family!
Andrea Fuchs, Farmersville, IL
Heather, you are: Beautiful, blessed, graceful, amazing, compassionate, tolerant, loving, caring, a minster of God’s word, forgiving, awesome, and, as I have said before, AMAZING.
You handled the anonymous email with such wonderful compassion and grace.
And I agree with you whole heartedly. Thank you for lighting your candle. And for illustrating so beautifully how I might light mine.
Father forgive them for they know not what they do….. is the thought that comes to mind, and while this was Jesus speaking to His father while on the cross… I think it applies here as well.
Heather- follow Jesus, never waver, you are right. I figure …well …if I am wrong, I would rather follow Jesus HIS way then carve my own path and not believe, I have nothing to lose but being a sold out on fire born again believer… but if I turn from Him and my day comes, which it will, (as you are aware none of us get out of this alive;o) then when I get to the judgement seat of Christ, I dont want Him to say its as if I never knew you.
Anonymous, I will be praying for you. to come here and attack (no you dont have to agree with her) outwardly here is undeserving and selfish of you. God will forgive you, but FIRST you must trust Him as your Saviour for Him to do that. You must believe like a little child, humble yourself, ask Jesus to come into your heart and life and repent.
What Heather has done here for so many of us has become a ministry. My trials are nothing like hers, and yet through her faith, and her love for Jesus Christ, I can see how God is using here at this time, yes even through her illness to draw others close to Jesus.
There is a story(true or not worth telling), about a man who was a fisherman. He took his only son out with a friend on the boat during the summer. A great storm came upon them, and the son and his friend both went overboard. Having only one life preserver he had to make a choice. he threw it out to the friend first. Do you know why?
The friend had never trusted Christ as his savior.
His son knew the SON, the saviour of the world, and the dad knew that the next time his son opened His eyes it would be because he was standing face to face with Jesus.
The friend of the boy trusted Christ right there on the boat with the father, even seeing his loss and grief. He asked him but why did you save me?
The father told him that God had sacrificed his only son for all of the world, and he knew his son would be in heaven, but he would have spent eternity in hell….
this blog, let it be for the one who might be on the edge of trusting Christ, and pray for those that come here that do not believe!
Lord I ask you to protect and encourage Heather. I thank you for her willingness to share and to rise above the attacks of the unbelievers. Let her light so shine before me so that she will reflect her Father in Heaven. Thank you for those that are praying for her. Thank you for her children, that she and her husband are raising them to be young men and women of God. For all that you do, in her, through her and with her, thank you. in Jesus’name
Amen
LOVE YA GIRL!!!!!!
Heather,
I just love you ~ I want you to know that. I appreciate that you took the time to respond to that letter with care and compassion. You could have just as easily responded in anger at the writers attack of your beliefs. Maybe in some small way, you have shown her the love of Christ and He will use that to open her heart’s door to Him.
What scared me is that I see myself in some of her cynicism. “Life” hasn’t been kind as of late and I have allowed it to harden me and to become bitter. I *see* it but I feel helpless to fix it. Would you please pray for me? Me..needing your prayer when you should be asking for mine. How selfish of me but I truly need it right now. I am useless to anyone as I am right now.
You are a beautiful woman, both inside and out but the beauty of your heart shines through in every post. Have a blessed day!
Love your heart….
Wow, what a great response. Thank you so much for sharing it.
JoAnn
Praying for “anonymous”. Clearly this person is hurting and in need our savior. How scary it would be to be “terminal” as they put it and not know the Lord. I sincerely pray that God would wrap his arms around you and you would feel his love and security the way we do. Heather – thank you for always being willing to put yourself out.
Blessings
Michelle in Arkansas
Look at the way He is using you right now. To witness to His goodness and His everlasting love. It’s a perfect example of all things working together for good.
When my mom was ill my faith wavered plenty of times, but hers never did. She used to say “Look at all of the people I’ve been able to witness to! Doctors, nurses, physical therapists. This happened for a reason and He is using it for His good!” I hope someday to have a faith as strong and unshakable as hers. And yours.
Sending prayers up for “anonymous,” too. Rather than being a brutal attack against Heather, their comments may be a cry for help…I can’t imagine being terminally ill AND a non-believer. Please pray for this person, because it is clear that he/she needs our prayers.
Sincere blessings,
Stacy
What a beautiful response to that disillusioned and hurting person. How lonely and frightening it would be to have some terminal illness and no faith or hope in the Lord. I kept wondering why anyone would write such a letter–but then, there was the answer–a terminal illness and no faith or hope. But that is the wonder of you, you responded with strength, compassion, and in the light of your strong faith in a loving God, you shared it in a really beautiful way.
There are so many people who need faith and we never know the ways in which we can touch people.
God bless you and keep you. May God reach down and touch this seeker in a way which leaves no doubt.
Kay
Wow! Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)
If “jumping through all kinds of hoops” includes having faith, hope and the knowledge that we will win (because we already know the end of the story), then count me in!
I praise God for you, Heather. It’s awesome that your testimony is reaching so many people who need to hear it. Thank you for your transparency and your solid knowledge and application of the Gospel in your life.
All praise be to the God and Father of our LORD, Jesus Christ!
In Him,
Sharon
a wonderful read for those of us who believe and just need a refresher.
great post Heather.
Preach it sister!
Again you have proven yourself a faithful follower of Christ! And you have testified to His love and His name without abandon. Bravo!
I pray for this person who has written you. But I believe they would not have written unless they desired their own doubt be challenged. And I believe that the second response is fear of your good answer.
Because really the truth hurts somehow. We must all suffer and die to rise and live.
That is a counter-cultural message. It is so challenging. There is no escape.
There is NO escape from the love of God!
And thank Jesus, thank Jesus for all of it!
Be at peace Heather!
The thing is, I am not hopeless and hurting. I am content. I am at peace. And I did not attack Heather. I voiced my opinion. And a lot of the responses proved even further my belief because of the nasty replies. That I am selfish and bound for hell. Ridiculous. I am none of these things and I feel sorry for people that need to live so fearful of this god who is going to cast you into an eternity of fire if you don’t jum through his hoops. I wont come back, but the replies didn’t change my mind. IN fact, it reinforced my belief that christian are mean spirited people.
Wow. I’m stunned that you receive this type of email or commenting in response to your blog. You are such an encouragement to me and I found your response post to be loving, gracious, and thought provoking. Keep up the great attitude! You are an incredible witness for God.
i found your blog several weeks ago (i love it)and you know…i believe “annonymous” found it too and neither are by accident!
as i read your posts and the scriptures you share i just want to shout “amen sister” and this post was definitely that! i believe you could not have answered it any wiser…it was to a “t”!
God is good…i wish everyone could know that!
Praying for Anonymous.
As always, praying for you too. Your words continue to make a difference in so many lives. Your outlook continues to be a beacon to those who seek Him.
Bless you.
Heather – Thanks for puttin’ it out there! You are right where God wants you to be; revealing His Glory. AND – You will be healed Heather – God has assured this – there is NO DOUBT!!! You, your family, and even anonymous are in my prayers! Tracy
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
There is no way to reason with someone who doesn’t have faith in Jesus Christ. It is foolishness to them. But I really applaud you for trying.
Praying for you and for anonymous. Suffering is hard to wrap one’s mind around, particularly without the One True Source of Hope.
Heather, you are such a gracious host of your blog. I can ‘hear/see’ God is working in your life through the answers you have given anonymous. Once a Christian, but this person discovered God isn’t the same in the NT as He is in the OT? Apparently, he/she never came to know Christ as you or I have. When you fully give yourself over to God as your personal Saviour, there is no want to try and figure out if HE is real or not. You know and all you want to do is do everything in your power to bring him glory!
Anonymous said: “I feel sorry for you, though. You’re spending all your time praying for this miracle that will never happen without medical intervention.”
Anonymous needs our prayers if he/she feels sorry for you! Miracles do happen, and we should be expecting them all the time. IT is just a miracle that GOD lets us breathe our next breath! And, you could be healed in an instant. But, as someone said, God gave the Drs the ability to learn and to find ways of treating cancer to bring you into remission. Scripture says HE is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He never changes!
Heather, be encouraged by this email from anonymous. You have an open book of your dealing with your cancer and your daughter’s illness. And, this person has felt the need to unload on you about your belief in God – someone he/she ‘used to know’, but no longer believes in. My thoughts are this: God sent that person your way to be ministered to by you. Doesn’t matter that they are unloading on you at the moment. But you have been so gracious in your answers that they will have food for thought for a long time. You have be the instrument by which they find their way back to GOD!
Praying of you! May blessings come your way.
What I love is that “Anonymous” is clearly too ashamed to even use their name. They have a lot to say, but no guts to back it up. How sad.
Jen
Heather–
As always, your post was gracious and full of truth. God bless.
I have a friend, a 34 year old girl from AU, with CF. She and I have had the same conversation, but she is much more angry, because she has suffered so much, I suppose. Not only has she struggled her entire life with her illness, but her own family has really let her down also.
If you think about it, pray for her- Tracy is her name. She has already had a double lung transplant six years ago. She isn’t doing well, and desperately needs Jesus. How awful to suffer with no hope, can you imagine?
Heather, your comments were good.
: )
Funny, I always thought the he in “though he slay me” was God, not satan.
Faith in the Bible is faith in God against
everything that contradicts Him – I will
remain true to God’s character whatever
He may do. “Though He slay me, yet will I
trust Him” – this is the most sublime utterance
of faith in the whole of the Bible.
–Oswald Chambers
What do you think? Does he have it wrong?
Heather. I gotta tell you your awesome and God is working through you here.
This blog is though provoking and if anything will encourage some to change their thinking.
I am a firm believer that that God provides good doctors with knowledge beyond what we can ever imagine. Or why would I be here almost eleven years later, three times with cancer and stage four. Thats God hands at work.
As always Heather your post is gracious, well thought out and full of truth. Because of my Faith in God. I have much Hope, Heather for both you, Emma and your whole family.
Continuing to Lift all of You in Prayer.
Kerry
Heather – I often check in on you and all I can say – as I was reading this – is this person truly needs prayer. I agree with you – not sure if anyone has been able to see the play “In the Beginning” Lancaster Pa. – Sight and Sound theatre. I sums up just what you said – Adam & Eve sinned – nuff said…
You are in my prayers daily (and your daughter) M.
Heather,
Prayers here for you and anon. He is blessing you daily and you are sharing His light.
Thank you.
Patty
Oh Heather, How my heart breaks for one to be so hurtful and lost and condemning. May the Lord Jesus have mercy on their souls for God does not take kindly to those that attack His kids. You are so gracious and your answers are so filled with God’s heart. May they penetrate the hardness of a heart set on hopelessness. Their loss must have been great to make them so bitter.
You honor Your heavenly Father and your earthly father as well with each word you write.
You are an excellent example of what it means to lean not on your own understanding.
because of Jesus, Bobbie
ya know sometimes God will allow us to encounter “heavenly sandpaper.” These are people who “rub” us the wrong way. I have had my share of these people in my life. One thing I have learned is to maintain my witness. The other is that I don’t have to defend myself. Jesus never once spoke during the hours leading to his crucifixion…well he spoke but not in defense of himself.Whomever this person is…obviously they are convicted or they would not have taken the time to refute each point you made. If nothing else look at the process as God showing you his dedication to ALL of us. Whether we call out HIS name or not, he is still there. Keep on Heather. God is awesome and he will prevail. He is on his THRONE.