the Associated Press has a story on Matt Chandler and his battle with brain cancer. On Twitter, Matt says:
Associated press article on our battle with cancer…pray it moves people toward the gospelhttp://bit.ly/bvGzYG
and here is a clip from the story, but be sure to read it all (UPDATE: here is a longer version of the AP story on MSNBC):
Chandler is trying to suffer well. He would never ask for such a trial, but in some ways he welcomes this cancer. He says he feels grateful that God has counted him worthy to endure it. He has always preached that God will bring both joy and suffering but is only recently learning to experience the latter.
Since all this began on Thanksgiving morning, Chandler says he has asked “Why me?” just once, in a moment of weakness.
He is praying that God will heal him. He wants to grow old, to walk his two daughters down the aisle and see his son become a better athlete than he ever was.
Whatever happens, he says, is God’s will, and God has his reasons. For Chandler, that does not mean waiting for his fate. It means fighting for his life.