I had an Oncologist visit this afternoon. And I wore one of my Kerusso Tees. Without really giving it much thought, I chose my John 12:26 tee. The quote printed on the shirt says, “Until my last breath I will serve the Lord.”
I hadn’t given much thought to the company I would be around… cancer patients. One couple was sitting diagonally from us. The husband asked me what my tee said. After telling him, he smiled and said, “Amen.” When they called his name, he walked past me, saying he loved the verse and said he had Stage 4 cancer and still served the Lord.
His wife then told us his story of how he was not giving up the fight. He began with a Stage 3 diagnosis and has progressed.
It hurts when I hear these stories knowing that I was going into the office to get my ‘all clear.’ I sometimes even feel guilty to even say that I had cancer never once having set foot in the treatment room. I had surgery, and it was gone. This man and others in the waiting room are going through stories like his. And he was serving the Lord regardless of what was going on inside his body.
I did not divulge my status to the couple, nor did they ask. But, yeah, I don’t feel worthy of calling myself a cancer survivor. That’s for him who is living through it. That is for my friend Kate. God bless her, God bless him. God bless those who are fighting the fight and serving the Lord, no matter what they may face, even if it is until their last breath.
“If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.” – John 12:26
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