3/29/2024 0 Comments Quotes for terminally ill child![]() ![]() “Peace I leave with you my peace I give you. ![]() Finally, take comfort in Jesus’ promise of eternal life and peace. Continue to rely on the power of God for day-to-day strength, and, as the Lord gives grace, thank Him for your “thorn in the flesh” (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). Use the remaining time God gives you to grow spiritually and minister to others. If you have broken relationships, do what you can to mend them. Then, as Hezekiah was told, “put your house in order” (Isaiah 38:1) that is, make sure important documents like your will are ready and other necessary arrangements have been made. If you have been diagnosed with a terminal illness, we would humbly offer this advice: make sure that you are a true child of God, having trusted Jesus as your Savior (Romans 10:9-10). Any sacrifice we make or hardship we endure for His sake and by His Spirit, He will amply reward out of all proportion to what we suffered.” Commenting on these verses, one theologian stated, “God will never be a debtor to anyone. Paul reminds us that our earthly troubles, which last only a short time, pale in comparison to our eternal glory (2 Corinthians 4:17-18). God uses suffering to change us, to minister to others, and, ultimately, to bring glory to His name. What we see as pain and discomfort and uncertainty our sovereign Father – who ordains or allows every event during our time on earth – sees as transformation. ![]() Our joy may come in understanding it is through testing that God transforms us into the likeness of His Son (Job 23:10 Romans 8:29). Likewise, our own trials can be made more bearable when we consider the “joy” set before us. This “joy,” for Christ, was in obeying His Father’s will (Psalm 40:8), reconciling His Father with His creation, and being exalted to the right hand of the throne of God. It was “for the joy set before Him” that Christ was able to endure the suffering of the cross. The writer of Hebrews exhorts us to consider the suffering our Savior endured so that we ourselves do not grow weary and lose heart in our own trials. Like Christ at Gethsemane, “my” will needs to become “Thy” will. This means we completely subordinate our desires to those of our Lord. In fact, “dying to self” is a requirement for those who seek to follow Jesus Christ (Luke 14:27). Scripture teaches us to offer our bodies as living sacrifices (Romans 12:1). How we react to our trials, including the trial of terminal illness, reveals exactly what our faith is like. Ultimately, God’s will for us is to glorify Him and to grow spiritually. God’s plan for His children includes their death, which is “precious in the sight of the LORD” (Psalm 116:15). Our earthly life is a “mist” at best, and that’s why God has set eternity in our hearts (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Moreover, God will give the strength to endure any trial (Philippians 4:13). We may never understand the reasons for our particular trials this side of eternity, but one thing is clear – for those who love God, trials work for them, not against them (Romans 8:28). Like Christ’s disciples, they were very wrong. Likewise, Job’s three friends were certain that his calamity resulted from sin in his life. But this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life” (John 9:2-3, emphasis added). They asked Jesus, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus responded, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned. Recall the time Jesus and His disciples came upon a man who had been blind since birth. Having a terminal illness is not proof of God’s judgment on an individual. It is good to remember that not everything bad that happens to us is a direct result of our sin. We may not be guaranteed physical health in this life, but those who trust in God are promised spiritual security for all eternity (John 10:27-28). Yet coping with any degree of suffering becomes easier when we understand God’s overall design to redeem our fallen world. Jesus told us in this world we would have troubles (John 16:33), and absolutely no one is spared (Romans 5:12). The Holy Spirit, the Comforter of our hearts, dwells with us, and He will never leave (John 14:16). Our God is an “ever-present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1). Jesus not only cares He is at hand to help His children. Our Savior wept when His beloved friend Lazarus died (John 11:35), and His heart was touched by the sorrow of Jairus’ family (Luke 8:41-42). And there are few things that can stir the human soul more than the news of a terminal illness diagnosis. It certainly can be difficult to accept some of the sorrowful twists and turns that life brings our way. ![]()
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