I followed David Wayne’s blog before he found out he has cancer. But, after David learned late last year he has cancer, I’ve leaned closer to the computer to listen to what he has to say.
Read these two paragraphs if for no other reason than to be able to pray more effectively for those going through cancer treatment.
There are days when I just can’t go, it’s an accomplishment to get out of the bed and get down to the couch to sit up for a few hours. A couple of the side effects of some of the medicines I am on is neuropathy of the hands and feet and something called “hand and foot syndrome.” With the neuropathy I can’t touch anything cold, and with the hand and foot syndrome my fingers get a burning sensation and the skin peels off of them and if it’s bothering my feet it’s hard to walk. So there are times when I have to have my wife open bottles for me and I can’t open the refrigerator without gloves on. And by the way, if you know someone else with cancer you will know that these side effects are minimal compared to what others have endured, so I’m not saying any of that by way of complaint – in fact I feel fortunate that my side effects have been so minimal. But the point I am making is that for the first time in my life I have been given a taste of actual, real-life, real-world weakness, and it’s very different from the metaphorical, spiritualized weakness I used to study about and wax eloquent on.
I’m not ready to claim any great spiritual breakthrough in the sense that I love this and feel all warm and fuzzy about it. There are times when I hate it and resent it. Yet there are other times when I see the hand of God in it. And even when I am in resentment mode I still understand that this is the true meaning of weakness.
Read the whole thing here.
