When I first discovered that I had cancer in just the right breast I was given the option to save the breast by have having a lumpectomy and get radiation. Because of my age, the type of cancer, other watch spots, etc. my husband and I were already considering bi-lateral mastectomy with reconstruction.
I got some flack from some well-meaning people that told me I needed to save my breast. I got to thinking ... "It's just fatty tissue, it's just a boob."
I then had the following thought. If we have sin in our lives we can cut out the little sin and have "radiation"
Or therapy. The other thing that can happen is to cut the sin out of your life and be reconstructed in Christ.
Hebrews 12:1-3 MSG
Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!
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