We talk about the possibility of death, or more correctly the certainty of death at some time. John Piper wrote "cancer is not beaten if you stay alive, but is beaten if you find the all surpassing worth of knowing Christ."
Our bible reading was Psalm 116 verses 1 to 7, "Be at rest once more, Oh my soul, for the Lord has been good to you". I read on to verse 15, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints". I ask Jan what she thinks of that. She answers, why ask, we know that already? So she is really in a position where she is ready to die, even maybe prefers to die and be with God, but willing to stay on earth if God wants her here.
We get comfort by going through the Christian testimony left in a dead relatives diaries. We go through notes on a talk gaven in Nov 1972 on Psalm 34 and Matthew chapter 18 verse 20. She states "spiritual healing is much more important. The great physician is here, the healer of soul, mind and body". I state this is like John Piper's comment at the top of this post. Jan has already found the all surpassing worth of knowing Christ!
Aware that an after effect of surgery is the risk of lymphedema, where one needs to take care whilst gardening, we make a blitz on the garden. Maybe we are over reacting, if Jan can no longer garden she will lose a major joy. We follow gardening by a picnic on the beautiful sea wall at Aldburgh, followed by ice cream.
Jan phones two friends, to help one who is suffering from cancer herself, and to maintain friendship with a non christian friend who admitted she dare not call us after Jan's diagnosis. It seems cancer "phases" so many.
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