God is Not a Butt Hurt Teenager

When I became a mother I quickly found that EVERYONE has an opinion on how to raise my child. Other mothers spewed out advice that, quite frankly, I didn't give two you-know-what's about. It's extremely annoying. Don't get me wrong, I like advice on being a mom so long as I either asked for it or it doesn't come from one of those moms. You know, the one's who are nice enough to give advice but really it's only so you will put them on some kind of pedestal for being so awesome, perfect, all knowing, yada, yada, yada, blah, blah, blah. A good friend of mine told me to just say, "oh, I'll have to keep that in mind!" I'm not that nice. And if I did say that verbally, my facial expression would say, "go blow smoke up someone else's (explicative.)
I don't take kindly to self ego boosting "do-gooders." ESPECIALLY when they come in the form of a Christian. I mean, I'm a Christian but I can sniff out a Fred Phelps in a heart beat. (For those of you that already know the story or what I'm getting at, was that too much? Who cares. I said it.)
Now, I shall revert to the real reason I wrote this blog as it seems I'm venting and not talking about cancer. This very much so has to do with cancer.
I have been made aware of a person whom I know that has told another person I know, that if my Father dies from Cancer it will only be because his faith in God was weak because God heals ALL believers. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. WHOA. My first reaction when hearing this was to get a hold of her and go ape shit on this lady. Verbally, of course. Who the hell says things like that? Other than Mr. Phelps and his psychotic culties. Then, I wanted to rip her apart in my blog and make sure she saw it, but alas, I decided to take the high road and use this as way to reach out. To turn this woman's crazy talk into a positive.
So this is me being an adult and not lashing out...
As a person dealing with cancer or watching a loved one deal with it NEVER let someone's opinion, advice, or bible thumping tear you down. Most people who say such hurtful things think they are acting on God's behalf, but they are just pumping themselves full of their own righteousness.
NEVER feel like you aren't worthy of being healed by God.
NEVER question whether your faith is enough for God. Whether you or they believe in Him with your whole heart or don't believe at all, God still has the situation under control. God is not a butt hurt teenager that decides to let people die and suffer because they didn't pick Him to be on their team. You're not hanging on a string of healing until you piss God off.
Now, I'll be honest with you. There's a flip side to this. Just because you do believe in God doesn't mean you will be healed. God has His own plan that we don't get to know about. Sometimes we see it as it unfolds, sometimes it's years later, and well, sometimes we don't get to see it at all. But that doesn't mean that there wasn't a reason for someone not being healed. It's hard to hear that and even harder to comprehend. Trust me. I know. I had a hard time with it until a week or two ago. It's still hard to think about the possibility if losing my Dad, but it's easier to know that if I do, God has a reason for it.