Cancer

Cancer is one of the scariest diseases of all time. While we have been researching it for decades, there is still no way to 100% avoid cancer. We can 100% prevent AIDs. Even malaria is preventable and treatable and could easily be eliminated, like smallpox, if we could get the right people the right medicine and protection. With cancer we have discovered ways to lower our risk, but everything I have read always goes back to, "some cancers are unpreventable. Many are untreatable". We can avoid smoking, stay out of the sun, eat right and exercise our entire lives and still get cancer. That is scary. Every year, in America, there are approximately 1.5 million NEW cases of cancer (skin cancer is not included in that statistic...not sure why).

What is cancer? Cancer is basically a mutation of normal cells. Often mutated cells just doe of, however on occasion they do not and in fact create more mutated cells. When the mutated cells make more mutated cells eventually the mutated cells start to take over the normal cells and thus cancer. Sometimes those cells mass together in a certain body tissue and form a tumor. Other times the cells just wreak havoc in the bone marrow or blood stream. Either way, the mutated cells begin to take over the body and the normal cells have no defense.

What is the cancer in my life? The mutated crap that takes over the truth of Christ? The junk that overtakes God's goodness? The ugliness that hides Christ's goodness?

Cancer is not easy to treat. The mutated cells have to be killed off, and in the process many of good cells are killed off. It is a long, difficult and often painful process...one mutated cell isn't going to kill you, but thousands of them will. People can be cured of cancer. If they are willing to go through the process of chemo and radiation...if they are willing to get sicker before they get better, people can be completely cured of cancer.

Am I willing?