As many of you know, my auntie rebecca is in her final days on earth... i just got off the phone with my mom for the past hour and a half.. and all i want to do is break down and cry.... not the fact that she is dying, but because of the massive spiritual warfare that is attacking my family left, right and centre...
i don't even know where to start...
death... makes people do irrational things... death scares people... death frightens people.. death is something to be feared for many because that's all there is to life... for my uncle, death is the ultimate enemy... as he believes in no life after death.. no eternity... no heaven.. no hell.. no God... no faith.. no hope... when you live a life like this.. what else is there, but to keep oneself from dying?
since he believes in this, the only thing he can do within his own power (and not by God's) is to turn to the darker forces (feng shui, tui la, Buddhism, mysticism, chanting, etc...) to heal my aunt... this is his last resort... Western medicine shows that she is in palliative care (i.e. meaning.. she's not going to get better, she's going to die, all western doctors can do for her now is to alleviate some of her pain, but the end is near)... Chinese medicine shows that she is incurable (chinese medicine acknowledges they cannot fight brain cancer).... so does that "natural therapist/feng shui" work? apparently.. that retarded therapist has 100% guaranteed that my aunt will be healed from her lung and brain cancer.... so in order for this to happen, she must surrender herself to the therapist (and NOT GOD), not allowed to see any Chinese and western doctors, no brain scans, no medicine, no poor feng shui, and a very very restrictive diet (no wheat, no meat, no dairy, restricted veggies, restricted fruits, no Chinese medicine, no medicine.. the list goes on and on.... )... and on top of that, some really weird (and not medically proven) "natural pushing techniques" on certain areas of her body...
okay.. so i can buy that some of the natural therapy will work to release tension in your body, at certain pressure points, bla bla bla.. but to cure cancer? hell no! and WTH is up with those therapists attributing all the really bad side effects (i.e. dizziness, lost consciousness, no appetite, loss of verbal abilties, weakness, can't stand, can't walk, can't talk, massive pains, constant vomiting) to the therapy working to get rid of her toxins which they say is a great thing... when really, its just making her die quicker.... in more pain too... so if she ever has a good day, the therapists attribute all that to the therapy working.. and they won't even let her see any doctors, or even get a brain scan to see if the brain tumors got bigger or smaller.. or let her get any blood work done to see if she's horribly deficient in the necessary nutrients... and they also add all this stupid feng shui stuff to it..
ugh.. i get so frustrated and sad and really just plain heartbroken healing of how my uncle and other members of my family are buying into all this crap.. into the lies, the deception.. and really, they've made an idol out of this natural therapist..
I re-iterate the words of my mom's last email to me:
"Our God is a jealous and holy God, He hates idolatry. This alternative therapist has become an idol in their lives, they are treating everything He says as the absolute truth and following it blindly as if He is GOD. I can only pray for God's mercy and grace ,that God will not judge them but deliver them from this deception and bring healing and peace to their mind, body and spirit."
I think of those Old Testament days, back when the Israelites rebelled against God.. and they turned to false idols and other forms of worship of false gods... and what did God do? He punished them, for he is a holy and just God. I feel as if my family is in for it as they are turning far far away from Him... my uncle is a non-believer, so that complicates everything...
i hear my mom share about what my auntie rebecca needs... which is love... i think they say it is scientifically proven that when cancer patients feel loved and in return not stressed, they have a higher chance of fighting the cancer... i almost cried today as my mom shared about how love-less certain family members are towards her... and how it hurts her, how she doesn't smile when certain family members are around.. and that really just breaks my heart... in one's dying moments, people need to be re-assured that they are loved, not only by people, but by God Himself!
In one's dying moments, people need to know and believe fervently that there is no fear in death... that Christ's death on the cross conquered the death in our lives... that dying on earth is only a necessary and joyous step pathway towards meeting forever with God and being with Him in heaven for the rest of eternity where there is no suffering... that God is a loving God, that He is not cruel, that He cares for all of our needs, that He is our source of strength.. that He gives hope to the lost, that He is Sovereign and Lord over all (even death!), that He is more powerful than anything or anyone on this earth, that He is the beginning and he is the end, that He's woven each step of our lives which is unfolding second by second of His plan for our lives... that HE HAS CONQUERED DEATH!
I am ready for my aunt to die... I actually would prefer her to die sooner so that she can be with God sooner, instead of suffering here on earth, instead of being tempted by satan to lose faith in Him in her dying moments... I really desire for her to be close to God again in her final days so that the love, the eternal joy, the hope, and the power of God can transform her life even as she is about to die...
please pray for our family... esp for my non-believing uncle who makes all the decisions about my aunt's condition now so that he can be convicted by God to turn away from the false prophets who bring false hope of healing for the cancer... for my non believing relatives so that they would not be fooled by the deception of the therapist, and for my believing relatives, especially my parents are they are in HK now so that they can be a strong and bold witness and ambassador of Christ as they pray over and watch over my aunt.
It is in God's hands. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above the heavenly hosts, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.