Finally today Clay's chemo therapy was started. Bessie and I were both so excited! As usual, I got to thinking about the whole situation. Chemo, excited about chemo. That is really crazy if you think about it. If you know anything about Chemo, then you understand that it is a poison, a very toxic chemical. Chemo is a very dangerous medication that kills and destroys. I also makes you very sick and causes your hair to fall out, and we are excited about it.
If your child drank poison would you be excited? probably, but not in the same way. You would be excited in the fact you would be rushing to the hospital to save their life. So here we are, excited and smiling because Clay is going to be infused with poison. For the obvious reason, we are excited because the chemo is what will kill the cancer.
Gladly without any hesitation, thumbs up for the drug. It is a go in spite of the fact it is going to make him very sick. We know that he will have to suffer some in order to destroy the cancer. So yea we are cool with that. Yes Clay will suffer, but his suffering will lead to his healing. Chemo will destroy the cancer cells. Once they are gone, then his body can heal with healthy cells.
I got to thinking, the Holy Spirit is like chemo for our souls. When you accept the Holy Spirit, He indwells you from the inside. Toxic, not really but the Holy Spirit will attempt to cleanse you of your sin. It is called sanctification. Sanctification is the process by which we are made holy. The more sin that is removed from within our hearts, the more sanctified we become. Sin is like a cancer, it destroys us from the inside out.
Just like chemo, sanctification is a choice. Choose sanctification and expect to get clean. Yes it will hurt. It is like God taking your life and squeezing you so hard that all the bad stuff comes to surface and you really begin to see yourself for what you really are. As each of those bad things are realized, you have a choice. keep it or repent. keep it and it is like cancer that chemo does not kill. Repent, and it is destroyed. Repenting means you walk away from that sin and return to it no more.
2 Corinthians 7:1 1
Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
John 16:7-8
But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
May my life be the proof and evidence of His love!
Sin just simply messes you up!
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