My friend Shea is the kind of healthy person who eats only free-range, vegan, grass-fed, organic food. About a year ago, she was diagnosed with cancer. She’s thirty-six. She has four kids. And her husband works at a church. When she was diagnosed, my first reaction was, Why her? I can give you two reasons. One is because sin entered the world, and it looks like cancer. The second is that even though God hates cancer, it can be used to reveal his glory. Those whys aren’t easy to accept, but it is in the hows of her story that I find hope. Every time my friend goes through one of her
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