I was reminded over the Christmas break by a book by John Piper called ‘Don’t waste your cancer.’ One of the phrases was:
We waste our cancer if we spend
too much time reading about cancer and
not enough time reading about God.
Very true!
I have been doing a lot of reading about SSHL and CIST lately, and it has been very beneficial, but I’m hooking into the Bible a bit more too and that has been deeply encouraging.
You can download John Pipers little book for free from here:
https://www.desiringgod.org/books/dont-waste-your-cancer
Personally I think point 3, while true, needs to be nuanced by the fact that this world is under God’s curse. It’s true that we are not cursed by God. But we still live in a cursed world and the effects of the curse impact us directly, even though God now uses them of our good. I waste my cancer if I’m not reminded of the brokenness of this world and outraged by it!
But I love this book – it’s incredibly helpful.
CIST and SSHL 