These past two months have been difficult for our family. My brother was diagnosed with Stage 4 Liver Cancer and given 6 months to live. My husband's nephew died suddenly from a massive seizure. Two days later, we got a phone call from my husband's niece who said that her younger brother had just died from a heart attack. He was only 49 years old. Then a family friend died from colon cancer - she was 39. Oh, and I forgot to mention that my husband was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma and just completed six months of chemo.
Throughout all of this, everyone kept saying, "We're praying for you." On Facebook, requests were made for everyone to "say a prayer for fill-in-the-blank." Even after a death, people are still praying. Doesn't anyone ever realize that if there is a God, he's not listening to all those prayers?
The most fervent Catholic members of the family plead for prayers every time their daughter, who has cystic fibrosis, is in the hospital. They ask us to pray for her lung function to improve, when all her life they have known that it is the doctors, nurses, and medical technology that bring her lung function back to normal. Do they ever, ever, post something that says thanks to the medical team? No, they thank all those who prayed.
As for me, I try to stay open to new knowledge. I talk to others about their experiences. I read about new approaches in genetic treatments, since I have come to understand that your DNA has more to do with your health than your reputation with God. Recently, I did some research on cannabis oil as a treatment for cancer. Perhaps God directed me to google "cannabis and cancer."
I wish someone could tell me what their feelings are when all their friends and family members are praying their asses off for a person and that person still dies. Do they think God didn't pay any attention? Or did God decide that He/She needed that person in heaven to do some tasks that only they could do?
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