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THE WORST CANCER–
A
Cure Found!
by
Donald D. Schroeder
Of all the diseases known to man , this is the worst. Only a miracle can save a person
from it. Here is the story of such a miracle!
E
VERYONE
hopes cancer
won't strike.
But for "Grandma"
Peterson- really my mother–
in-law and a wonderfully sweet
person- it did. Cancer! That
fea rsome plague of modern
civilization.
I t
struck her as it
now strikes every third or
fourth person in many nations
at sorne time in Iife.
She developed cancer of the
lung , but she never smoked.
That's the way many cancers
are- unexplainable.
It
finally
took her life.
But this cancer, as bad as it
was, was not the worst cancer she
had to battle in her life. She bat–
tled a far worse cancer. More–
over, she witnessed the horr ible
effects of this worst of cancers on
the minds and bodies of others.
Yet she won the battle over this
cancer only to be killed by a less
devastating kind of cancer. Let
me explain.
Shining Light
The latter years of Grandma
Peterson's life, especially her last
year's struggle with lung cancer,
were a shining example of !ove
and peace of mind to all who
knew her. Her light of faith and
hope shone despite her dread dis–
ease. She was a witness to her
husband, ch ildren , friends, doc–
tors and nurses who were forced
to stand by, mostly helplessly, as
her frame wasted away.
She suffered sorne pain, of
June/ July 1981
course, but nowhere near what
lung cancer should have caused.
There was a reason why. God was
with her, helping her despite
allowing the affliction. S he did not
feel alone, helpless or hopeless.
Her example caused her doctor to
remark, ' 'Your faith is seeing you
through !" Nothing medica!
science could offer could do that.
Bu t how glad I am Grandma
Peterson had overcome the worst
cancer a human being can have.
That cancer is not cancer of the
human body. It is cancer of the
human spirit .
It is the cancer of
fear , hopelessness, lust, hatred of
others and bitterness unrepented
of and unchanged.
Through all of her ordeal, she
had no fear of dying. She was not
bitter or angry about her fate. She
didn't blame God or anyone. No
rancor. No bitterness. No hatred
to any man or woman. She knew
what life was al! about and what !ay
ahead for her. She was one of those
rare women, simple but beautiful
in character.
She died as she strove to live
ever since the day God called her
to His way of life more than 25
years ago. That was the way of
faith and trust in God, and humil–
ity and !ove of others.
No unforgiven sin was on her
dying shoulders. No unforgiven
gui lt. l nstead peace of mind and
hope- even the hope of a sudden
miraculous healing-despite her
fatal disease.
By phone from her bedside she
called all her many sisters and
brothers, her four children (my
wife among them) . She talked
only upbeat and encourag ing
words. She did not focus on her
plight. She wanted them to know
things were all right with her.
But then the Great God whom
she trusted, in His great wisdom
and !ove, chose not to intervene
any further in the course of her
disease as He is more than able to
do. He a!Jowed her to die.
Do not misunderstand. God did
not fail to keep His promise of heal–
ing in which she trusted (James
5:14-15). He never does. God is
going to apply that healing in the
next split second of her conscious–
ness. And how powerful and strong
she wi ll be in the resurrection!
Worst Canear Beaten
I look back at the example set by
the life, attitude and suffering of
Grandma Peterson. She won the
most important prize of life. She
withstood al l the onslaughts of
Satan. She beat down, with God 's
help, animosities and sins from
which she had been called.
God, of course, is her judge.
But the Scriptures promise that,
in the next instant of conscious–
ness, the saints who are asleep in
Jesus Christ will, with the saints
yet alive at His return, suddenly
rise in blazing glory as the ch il–
dren of God.
" In
a moment , in
the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trump ... the dead shall be
r a ised incorruptibl e, a nd we
shall have put on incorrupt ion,
and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then sha ll be
brought to pass the saying that
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