Slam the Door on Despair

In last Sunday's Easter message, I quoted from Dan Richardson, an enthusiastic believer in Christ, who wrote the following note before losing his battle with cancer. It was distributed at his memorial service. The note showed up in Dallas Theological Seminary's Daily Devotional for March 8, 2006:

Cancer is limited It cannot cripple love, It cannot corrode faith, It cannot eat away peace, It cannot destroy confidence, It cannot kill friendship, It cannot shut out memories, It cannot silence courage, It cannot invade the soul, It cannot reduce eternal life, It cannot quench the Spirit, It cannot lessen the power of the resurrection.

You cannot deny that you have the disease, but you can deny despair from taking control. Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances, call for God’s daily delivery of wisdom, strength, and grace.

Each morning, slam the door on despair. If you don’t, it will slip in and rob you. And you’ll soon find a peace missing.

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