Where Does it Come From?

I was just reading about Elizabeth Edwards's funeral and how there were people there, representing a CHURCH, carrying signs that said, "Thank God for breast cancer." Where does that kind of thinking, that kind of mean spirit, come from? I thank God that I cannot IMAGINE that kind of hatred for another human being.

That there are actually church members in our country that show up and funerals and spew their hatred, whether it be for homosexuality or people of a different color, or whatever, simply blows my mind. What must their perception of God be? I wonder what kind of life experiences they have had that would lead them to this path? Heavenly Father God, touch their hearts and their minds and let them feel Your love, Your spirit.

Poor Elizabeth Edwards. She struggled with so much, including a weight problem. In so many areas, she was all of us. So human, so frail in so many ways, and yet so strong. She kept on keeping on, and maybe that is the lesson for each of us, regardless of our struggle, whether that struggle is with an illness, a heartache, a disappointment, a setback, a crazy world that we don't understand. We each have a set of burdens to carry, most of which we don't get to choose. What we Do get to choose is how we carry them. Thank you, Elizabeth, for showing us the way.