Scripture: Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and come to their end without hope.
Thought for the Day: In an intriguing article by Salvatore Iaconesi, My open source cure for brain cancer, (CLICK HERE), Iaconesi describes the process around diagnosis. He observes that when “you are declared ‘diseased,’ you become a set of medical records, therapy, dosages, exam dates. It’s as if you disappear, replaced by your disease.” One of the great sorrows I have witnessed over the years is the loss of self in the face of disease. For some, it is the constant waves of hopelessness that slowly erode the foundation of personhood. Other times, it comes quickly as one is shocked with words like cancer, terminal or hospice. Fear becomes the unwanted companion that draws the person into a very dark void. Job knew this experience very well, and amidst friends who did not help at all, God remained faithful…coming alongside him and providing a pathway of promise.
Prayer: Marvelous God, when hopelessness makes its way into my life, provide me a lifeline of grace that reminds me of your eternal presence that shall never let me go. Amen.
