Dealing with pain, suffering, and cancer

I got a call from a friend today who is dealing with cancer. She asked me the question, "What do you do when nothing else can be done?"

I am sending out this prayer:

"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Please give us this day our daily bread, and please forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen."

I am also sending out this advice to cancer patients that was given to me by Wanda Brown of Versailles, Ky. whose mother and baby sister died from cancer:

1.  Get support from positive people instead of being depressed. Stay upbeat if you have a disease which has been determined curable OR terminal. Prolong your life by being positive. 

2.  Carry on business as usual. Try not to become immobilized. Don't drown in your own sorrow.

3.  God is in control, and He is the determinant of what happens in this world and the next. He wants what is good for you . Don't give up on yourself. Keep going.  

4.  Don't close yourself off from everyone. Rest when you are weary; then, get up and move.

5.  You don't know when the end will be. Medicine is not an exact science. Doctors sometimes know less about the body than the person in his/her own skin.

6. Pull yourself together and get some support! All is not lost. You are not alone!

Have a fruitful life. Be healthy in mind and spirit. But most importantly, be Happy!!!!

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