Cancer in Society

Psalm 12 "The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted." (v.8)

This scripture from David reveals to us how the society we have is a reflection of the people's values. When good and principled persons are esteemed, people will regard their good qualities in each other as praise-worthy. But when people praise those who are unprincipled or lawless, then such standards will erode the integrity of communities. Like most truth principles, we can see a common parallel at work within the cells of our bodies. Cancer cells are not foreign cells in our body. Cancer arises from normal and healthy cells that despite their misread information somehow passed the rigorous inspection that every cell must pass through. All cells read the same genetic code and acquire their particular role by following specific information on the same DNA map that was made available for the entire body . It is really amazing how within each intracellular environment there are small protein structures that are placed which actually unzip, unpack and unfold a region of DNA code in order to assign a role that new cells will follow to serve the entire body as a whole. However, cancer begins when some alteration takes place in how a growing cell follows its instructed role for the body. People are often surprised to learn that this frequently occurs to all of us. But there are certain support elements that perform a 'check and balance' during the replication process to repair or eliminate errors in the misread instructions. Any significant duplication deviation detected from compared DNA instruction in cell development will often be stopped early and repaired. Problems occur when misread information is not kept "in check" and the abnormal cell is permitted to develop through to maturity. It still has the same DNA as every cell in our body. It looks normal to other cells, but it lacks a clear role assignment in order to coordinate with and support the body. Ungoverned cells that are not following their needed role instructions will often neglect their boundaries and begin to intrude into roles that were not assigned. Such cells become the loud and obnoxious relatives who invite themselves over during more private times and assume responsibilities they were never given. Since most cells serve specific roles there is often a communication barrier in their coordinating activities. Kitchen staff deal with kitchen activities. Gardening staff deal with gardening activities. So if someone from the gardening staff shows up in the kitchen and begins to prepare a meal, the kitchen staff will often “assume” the gardener is permitted to be in the kitchen. The kitchen staff will often just make room for the intruding gardener and continue with their own activities. As the permitted gardener becomes a more frequent visitor, he is likely to prepare more elaborate meals for himself and require items from the kitchen staff. This is called “promoting”, when deviant cells take on a primary role of independent action. Before long, the kitchen staff are quitting and walking off the job since the gardening staff has taken over the kitchen, which is akin to metastasis. Cancer may resemble normal cells in our body, but they take on liberties and roles in our body without regard to the original role intended, promoting their own survival. When healthy cells permit cancer growth or enable cancer growth, it leads only to clear destruction of the entire body. Consider today's verse again. How is the health of our society? Are we exalting the right message of unity for a stronger and healthy society?

We all have a a role to play in the society we wish to have for our nation. Have a wonderful day, my friends.