tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816286233655907006.post5478250429175738651..comments2023-08-24T11:42:21.155-04:00Comments on Two Square Meals: To Fix, To Fight, or To Fall on Our KneesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816286233655907006.post-20461517641849790782008-07-30T22:05:00.000-04:002008-07-30T22:05:00.000-04:00'Becca,I think we agree here. My point is that de...'Becca,<BR/><BR/>I think we agree here. My point is that death is not natural. It is the enemy that has been defeated. Therefore, we as Christians do not need to fear it or to try to avoid it at all costs, though the world may tell us to do that. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for coming back and reading some more. I'm glad you enjoyed it!TwoSquareMealshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01000292109449832461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816286233655907006.post-52911159557070110322008-07-28T13:52:00.000-04:002008-07-28T13:52:00.000-04:00Sorry, I'm coming in late here, but your post that...Sorry, I'm coming in late here, but your post that I read this morning was so interesting I came back to your site! :-)<BR/><BR/><I>As I Christian, I can't help but see this pursuit of health and long life as proof that we live in a world that is not as it should be. Disease and brokenness are not part of the created order; they are a corruption of it. Death is not natural, it is the enemy.</I><BR/><BR/>Well...yes and no, as I see it. Death is not part of our original nature from before the Fall. When God made us mortal, He gave us the instinct to fight death--because without that, we wouldn't get much done, would we?<BR/><BR/>But Jesus triumphed over death and showed us that this life is not all there is, this world is not the only place our souls can live. We have many responsibilities here, but ultimately it's all dust; it's nothing by comparison to eternity.<BR/><BR/>I, too, "see this pursuit of health and long life as proof that we live in a world that is not as it should be." We pursue artificial extension of our lives because we fear that this is all there is, because we don't trust God to take us on to something better, because we over-value our individual selves. Yes, of course, we should take care of our bodies, as we should take care of all Creation. But there is a point (and it can be hard to see just where that is!!) at which we need to humbly accept God's plan for the ending of our days. If the average person put as much effort into being ready for heaven as into staying alive, our world would be a better place.<BR/><BR/>Death is no longer our enemy. Jesus won that battle to free us for other concerns. But those old instincts stemming from the Fall are hard to resist.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your dad's story. It takes a lot of courage and compassion to consider the possibility that his time with you may have been more than you were meant to have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816286233655907006.post-82783262377959224242008-07-23T01:02:00.000-04:002008-07-23T01:02:00.000-04:00The wife of a friend died of multiple myeloma and ...The wife of a friend died of multiple myeloma and I know how incredibly painful this sort of cancer is. It's hard to say whether treatment helped or not in this case, but it at least took the mind off the pain somewhat by having something else to concentrate on. Going so far as to move away from family would be extreme, because support is so much more important than medical treatment.<BR/><BR/>My father also died of cancer and he went for treatment right up to the last week. I think in his case, he felt that he was always going to make a recovery even though the signs didn't point that way. We let him continue treatment because it gave him peace of mind that something was being done and that he wasn't just marching to his deathbed.<BR/><BR/>I’m a week late for the Hmm, but check out my post here:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.mommybytes.com/2008/07/autism-revealed.html" REL="nofollow"><BR/>http://www.mommybytes.com/2008/07/autism-revealed.html</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816286233655907006.post-16106351900810262532008-07-11T10:40:00.000-04:002008-07-11T10:40:00.000-04:00Such a deep subject-and I like you have had many q...Such a deep subject-and I like you have had many questions and ponderings about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816286233655907006.post-90400941795419609462008-07-11T09:06:00.000-04:002008-07-11T09:06:00.000-04:00This is why I say so much of this is individual. I...This is why I say so much of this is individual. It's hard, when you think of the various situations, to come up with a general rule or bottom line.<BR/><BR/>I suppose in your dad's sort of situation, the best we can do is figure when it is worth it. As best as you can predict. His suffering must have been so difficult, but I'm sure the love helped.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing this personal story.Julie Pipperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816286233655907006.post-31661333605181211072008-07-10T22:45:00.000-04:002008-07-10T22:45:00.000-04:00Hey there! Long time no see! You're right. This...Hey there! Long time no see! <BR/><BR/>You're right. This is such a tricky issue. I say that I wouldn't want these types of measures, but who knows how I'll feel if I'm ever in that situation. It's so hard. You want to keep on living, but at what cost quality.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by! Now I have to catch up here!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599462281364463565noreply@blogger.com