Hello,
How do you counsel a mother who has a child that has a rare disease? This one doesn't appear to be fatal, but could be/has been very painful and damaging to the child. This is something the parents have been battling with for quite some time, first trying to get a diagnosis, and then (finally), trying to find treatment. The family has been through the wringer and the mother is really struggling with bitterness. She blames God for his illness. Not that she doesn't recognize sin, but riffing off of John Piper's Don't Waste Your Cancer where he comes out and says "God could have kept that cell from mutating, but he didn't, therefore God wanted me to have cancer. (paraphrase)"
How do you weave in fallen creation into the sovereignty of God in a way that is meaningful to someone who isn't a theology nerd? How would you draw out God's goodness? And, I guess, most of all, could you pray for this family?
How do you counsel a mother who has a child that has a rare disease? This one doesn't appear to be fatal, but could be/has been very painful and damaging to the child. This is something the parents have been battling with for quite some time, first trying to get a diagnosis, and then (finally), trying to find treatment. The family has been through the wringer and the mother is really struggling with bitterness. She blames God for his illness. Not that she doesn't recognize sin, but riffing off of John Piper's Don't Waste Your Cancer where he comes out and says "God could have kept that cell from mutating, but he didn't, therefore God wanted me to have cancer. (paraphrase)"
How do you weave in fallen creation into the sovereignty of God in a way that is meaningful to someone who isn't a theology nerd? How would you draw out God's goodness? And, I guess, most of all, could you pray for this family?
