The Cancer Monster

Mimi had her surgery on Friday and everything went well. The lymph node had grown another centimeter or more so we are glad we were able to get it out when we could. At the time of the MRI it had not attached itself to any tissue but once the surgeon began to operate it actually had begun to attach itself to tissue. However, the surgeon feels good about the amount he was able to remove though and we will just closely monitor that area. Mimi is home now at my uncle's as of Saturday afternoon.

I have had some experience with Cancer because of family and friends going through the ordeal. Everyone has the same reaction. I can't describe the facial expression with words but everyone gives the same response of fear, sadness and worry.

The Merriam Webster definition describes cancer using words like -invasion, evil, destructive, fast spreading, harmful, abnormal.

I think if we could personify Cancer it would look a lot like these monsters I ran into a few years back at Halloween parties. Scary, nasty, evil, and terrifying. The people in these costumes had one intention that night-to frighten others. Luckily at the end of the night-the costume could be removed and the fear dissipated. Unfortunately that isn't always the case with Cancer. Or for that matter-sin.




And in the same way we have to treat cancer we sometimes have to treat sin. We have to surgically remove it from our life lest we become slaves to it and then often times it is still attached, lingering and we have to monitor it and make sure we go in for checkups and get out any remaining pieces.

Sometimes sin can even lead to death much like cancer but luckily God allowed his own Son to suffer so that we can be free from the consequences of sin.

Romans 6:20-23 (New International Version)
20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.


As we begin to approach the holidays thank God when you see the ugly little monsters knocking on your door for candy, that you are free from the monster of sin. Give thanks to God when you sit at your table to feast with family at Thanksgiving, that you are free from the chains of sin. And finally, thank God when you open your gifts in front of your Christmas tree, that the gift of His Son is eternal life.