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The Cancer Application of David and Goliath by Richard and Annette Bloch
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Submitted By: Richard Bloch
We are all familiar with the story of how little David slew the giant,
Goliath. As David approached Goliath, Goliath said, "Come to me and I will
feed you to the birds and the beasts."
But are we aware that this story is merely a metaphor. David represents
faith, intelligence and mastery over the doubts and giants we face. Goliath
represents fears and doubts, and for us it represents cancer.
Goliath was covered with armor with only a small opening at the forehead
where the armor was pushed back. If David had gotten close enough, Goliath
would have fed him to the beasts. The curious thing about giants: they are
usually tough and destructive and consuming and overbearing, but not stupid.
They are clever, beguiling, tricky and subtle. David had the courage and now
he needed the wisdom. If Goliath had the slightest suspicion that David had a
sling in his hand, he would have covered his face with the shield on the
helmet. But David concealed the sling in his hand and Goliath thought David's
only weapon was the staff he was carrying. As Goliath began taunting David
and getting closer, David reached in his bag, took out one of 5 stones and
slew the giant.
What about your giants and my giants? What about the fears and doubts that
would consume us were it not for our faith and intellect. Our faith and
intelligence working together master our doubts. Mastering our doubts is the
key because having doubts is perfectly human. Wishing our giants away is not
realistic; subduing our giants is what must be done.
Whatever else a strong faith does, it gathers up our life, pulls it together
and gives it direction. We humans look in 3 directions. We look back and
recall our past. We look in at the present and assess our condition and
attitudes. We look ahead and make plans and promises for tomorrow. To lack
this sense of tomorrow, to be without purpose or direction would be
tantamount to surrendering to a giant. Caring about the future and believing
in your ability to reach new heights is the necessity of faith to intelligence
. Faith blazes the trail, intelligence builds the avenue.
Cancer is an insidious disease, approaching ever so quietly, growing
relentlessly and incessantly, sneaking away from home base to other parts of
our body, building a resistance to drugs that would slay it and possibly
returning after we thought we had rid ourselves of it forever. To slay it
like David slew Goliath, we need to make the commitment to do everything in
our power to fight the disease. We are full of doubts and fears. That is only
natural. Gather up your strength and intelligence, make that commitment, and
you, too, have a chance to win the battle.
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