Disbelief, shock, then anger are the initial responses to a personal announcement of imminent death.
It is rarely an acceptable diagnosis. I want to live! Here! Physically!
A short time ago my wife and I traveled over the rocky road of breast cancer which carried a major surgical part, chemotherapy and reconstructive surgery. Never did she, or I, regard this as a death warrant. We responded with aggressive tactics aimed to deny death any chance of winning. Hezekah too fought as best he knew how to live. He too had a powerful love of life and wanted badly to go on living.
Life is God's gift. It is not an insignificant holding time. There will come a time when, with a sigh, approaching death may be acceptable, maybe a relief welcomed and even longed for. Until then, however, death is an enemy to be opposed, stalled, and blocked every way we can.
It is rarely an acceptable diagnosis. I want to live! Here! Physically!
A short time ago my wife and I traveled over the rocky road of breast cancer which carried a major surgical part, chemotherapy and reconstructive surgery. Never did she, or I, regard this as a death warrant. We responded with aggressive tactics aimed to deny death any chance of winning. Hezekah too fought as best he knew how to live. He too had a powerful love of life and wanted badly to go on living.
Life is God's gift. It is not an insignificant holding time. There will come a time when, with a sigh, approaching death may be acceptable, maybe a relief welcomed and even longed for. Until then, however, death is an enemy to be opposed, stalled, and blocked every way we can.
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