Maggie Schwartz, wife of Alan Schwartz (MSI Controller), shares her personal journey with cancer.

Recently, Al and I were at a funeral visitation of a friend who died of cancer.  When we spoke with her husband one of his comments to us was that “she went from my arms to God’s arms.”  His comment struck me in two ways.

One, for those who know the Lord we have hope for the future.  Christ told us in John 14:1-3, “Don’t be troubled.  You trust God, now trust in me.  There are many rooms in my Father’s home, and I am going to prepare a place for you.  If this were not so, I would tell you plainly.  When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.”  We have comfort  for ourselves and our loved ones who know the Lord, that when our time on earth is done, our life is not done,  it is just beginning.  God has told us that this world is temporary and as we live our lives here on this earth we need to live them in light of the things that are eternal and invest in those things. 

The second thing that struck me about our friend's comment was that his thoughts were my thoughts.  Some of you may know that I found out in June that I had uterine cancer.  In the days before my surgery and prognosis, I spent many nights crying and processing through what was going on.  I found comfort in the Psalms where I was reminded that our days were ordained before there was one of them.  I do believe that God has numbered our days here on earth, and that what happens in our life is not an accident.  It was easier when I thought about my days and my life, but I had a hard time translating that over into my husband’s and my son’s lives.  The comfort that I had was that as much as I like to be in control, I realize that I’m not, and that God has their days in His hands as well as mine.  So like our friend I had to say from my arms to God’s.

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