Death is Certain

They say two things in life are certain: death and taxes.  And yet, when some one dies, even when we know it's coming because of something like cancer, it doesn't make it easier.  My good friend reminded me that "Death will be a celebration for those who believe."  I have no doubt my Aunt Pat is celebrating with our maker in Heaven right now, but I'm still upset that she is gone.  I'm still in mourning. This has been a tough year, and it's hard to see people hurting like my family.  Praise the Lord I'm in such a better place right now than I was two months ago when I first heard about my aunt's diagnosis because I know that this too shall pass...


WHAT CANCER CANNOT DO
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love 
It cannot shatter hope
It cannot corrode faith
It cannot destroy peace
It cannot destroy confidence
It cannot kill friendship
It cannot suppress memories
It cannot silence courage
It cannot invade the soul
It cannot steal eternal life
It cannot conquer the spirit
Author Unknown

 My Aunt Pat, Dad, Aunt Mary, Aunt Cece, and Aunt Kitty

But I am not alone in this. Most of you will by this time have lost a parent, a spouse, even a child. Your hopes for your career have not panned out. Your health has given way. Relationships have turned sour. We all know the dilemma of desire, how awful it feels to open our hearts to joy, only to have grief come in. They go together. We know that. What we don't know is what to do with it, how to live in this world with desire so deep in us and disappointment lurking behind every corner. After we've taken a few Arrows, dare we even desire? Something in me knows that to kill desire is to kill my heart altogether.  (Desire , 22-23)  

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