With the doctor’s latest diagnosis that my stage 4 lung cancer tumors are growing again, I’ve had to accept the reality that the Lord might take me home soon.

I’m so thankful for the untold numbers of cards and letters that I’ve received from all over the world. Here is an anonymous prayer that someone shared with me. It says: “I asked for health that I might do great things: I was given infirmity that I might do better things. / I asked for riches that I might be happy: I was given poverty that I might be wise. / I asked for power that I might have the praise of men: I was given weakness that I might feel the need for God. / I asked for all things that I might enjoy life: I was given life that I might enjoy all things. / I got nothing that I asked for but everything that I hoped for almost despite myself: my unspoken prayers were answered. / I am among all people most richly blessed."

What a great prayer. It reminds me of one of my favorite Bible verses, Romans 8:39. I memorized it as a boy. It says nothing “in all creation, will [ever] be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” [NIV]

No matter what, God’s love will hold you and me tightly, forever. That’s very good news, indeed.

This is Luis Palau.