Relay for Life – Spiritual Life
As it gets closer to the time we play this Friday, I can’t help but think about the miracle of life. I also think about cancer and how terrible a disease it is, and how it cuts individuals and families down. When I think of this, I also am reminded of a time in my life during college that I had a cancer scare. Behind my left ear, I had some type of skin rash that had around a ten percent chance that it would become cancer later in life. I was scared in many ways, but in the end everything turned out fine. I chose to have the affected skin removed, and soon after, things were better.
Through this experience, I realized how much this potentially cancerous tissue could relate to sin. All of us have this disease called sin. We are selfish, or prideful, or envious, or one of thousands other traits in which we are disobedient to God. Whenever I realize I am infected with a particular sin, I am ashamed or hurt because I let this disobedience come into my life, but overall, I always need to remember that God loves me and, just like the skilled doctor that removed the potentially cancerous skin from my body, God will cut away the areas of my life that are disobedient.
In the new chorus to the older hymn, Just As I Am, written by Daniel Doss, we sing “You take me just as I am, You love beyond where I’ve been, You raise me up from the dead, You take me just as I am.” Today, as you read this, remember God loves you just as you are. Run to the Loving Father today and give Him everything. He gave His Son for you. I really like to go straight into “The Saving One” by Starfield from “Just As I Am” because it perfectly relates to how we can approach God. ”His love has made a way.” Accept Christ as The Saving One and Lord of you life and be reunited with your Father in Heaven. I never knew how much God would reveal to me after I was saved, but everyday, when I fail, when I’m down, His mercies and His teachings are renewed.
Praise God that He takes us in and calls us His own.
Love you all,
Eric