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    Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 12:07 PM

    There’s not much to say, other than “Lord, have mercy.”

    The latest update from his wife:

    It is with a heavy heart that I bring my latest update on Michael. We have learned that his cancer is too advanced and too aggressive to expect any sort of remission. Our oncologist estimates that with continued treatment Michael most likely has somewhere between six months and a year to live. This is not really a surprise to us, though it is certainly horrible news. From the very beginning, both of us have suspected that this would prove to be an extremely bad situation. I don’t know why; perhaps God was preparing us for the worst all along by giving us that intuition.

    5 Comments

      John Mark Reynolds
      March 9th, 2010 | 12:38 pm | #1

      Christ have mercy.

      Mary
      March 9th, 2010 | 2:03 pm | #2

      Out of the depths I call to you, LORD;
      Lord, hear my cry! May your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
      If you, LORD, mark our sins, Lord, who can stand?
      But with you is forgiveness and so you are revered.
      I wait with longing for the LORD, my soul waits for his word.
      My soul looks for the Lord more than sentinels for daybreak. More than sentinels for daybreak,
      let Israel look for the LORD, For with the LORD is kindness, with him is full redemption,
      And God will redeem Israel from all their sins.

      Adam Omelianchuk
      March 9th, 2010 | 2:07 pm | #3

      I pray that God will shepherd Michael to himself even though he walks through the valley of the shadow of death… I pray that he would fear no evil… that Christ’s would comfort him with his rod and staff… I pray that he would know that his Lord has prepared a table before him even in the presence of his enemies and that his cup would overflow…I pray that he would know that surely goodness and mercy will follow him all the rest of his days his life.

      Truth Unites... and Divides
      March 9th, 2010 | 2:59 pm | #4

      “Painful News from the Internet Monk”

      May the Good News of Jesus’s Awesome Love Be a Comfort for him and his family.

      Frank Turk
      March 9th, 2010 | 3:55 pm | #5

      May the church be a comfort to Michael for the sake of Christ.

      And God is still God: may Michael be healed for the sake of God’s glory and Michael’s family & friends.

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