Holy Cow Brian- you just kicked the crap out of me!! No I did not take that personally but I have to tell you that Eriks "testimony" did not just consist of postives, and platitudes, and how fantastic God was. It described the pure torture of treatment, how sick he really was and of how amazing the docs were that worked with Erik, how they dropped everything to research more, to come together and work to make Eriks care their priority. How they used every resource available to create a treatment plan that was specific to him. But we also made sure that even as hard as it was (and is again) that we knew that whatever Erik's ultimate fate was and no matter how many prayers were said for him, that we were going to be glorifying to Christ's name. Meaning that we would never blame God for this horrible but life changing event in our lives, but to be faithful to loving others.
I dont sit around and throw the hell fire and damnation around, and I certainly dont go along with the zealots that believe that cancer, sickness and the bad things that happen to us are directly always related to my SIN. CRAP HAPPENS- and it happens to us a lot (we just had a fire in our house, my appendix went kaput, we had a flood in part of our house, my daughter and Erik were in a car wreck, ...I could go on) but it doesnt take away the fact that I believe in the Higher power of God and that ultimately He is good.
Now Im off my soap box, and I want to share how truly and deeply appreciate you Brian, Gary and all the others of the OFC, for without you this journey would have been much tougher.
Brian you are in a very tough position, you hear so many bad situations and are so involved in the end of lives and I think that many of us forget to come back when things get better to share what good has come from this disease.
All my Love
Jennie (please dont kick me off for my strong opinions!!!)