Big C

That getting to familiar cold shiver of fear ran down my spine again today.

As my wife Ooy informed me my close friend Jan has the Big C,

I quietly felt the hand of helplessness touch me again followed closely by its close companion hopelessness,

Then sadness and sorry clouded my mind as I recalled all the good times I had shared with him over the years,

As you get older, if death does not take away those close aging friends then from the sidelines some bloody incurable disease seems to,

Just in time a thought of my Saviour entered my mind giving my heart a boost, I knelt, closed my eyes and prayed,

The knowing that through my faith and love I have God on my side and if it was not Jan's time he would step in to envelope Jan in his loving protecting arms,

Then through my love I felt my fear slide away and optimism take its place.