Bill was working hard make it to the top of his profession as a photographer. When he fell ill, it came as a complete surprise to all around him. The even greater shock came when the diagnosis was cancer. After surgery, the news only got worse. Cancer became, the most aggressive kind, followed by a life measured by a couple of months.
Like many of us would do, in his quiet time during recovery, Bill found himself in depression, followed by anger, that lead into deal making. His deal: "God, if you allow me to live, I won't live every day for you, but every moment." A couple of days past when the doctor presented Bill with both good and bad news. The bad news first, was that Bill indeed had cancer, but it was the most treatable kind.
People have asked Bill if God changed his diagnosis. His reply is "perhaps." But to stop there is to miss the work God was really doing. "He needed to have a conversation with me," said Bill, "but knew that He had to get my attention to do so." And the illness was the attention-getter.
As Bill tells the story, his priorities before his illness were God, family and work. And he was lying through his teeth when he would say those things. The reality was just the opposite. Today as he lives cancer-free, his priorities truly are God, family and work. And now that God is first in his life, fame and fortune is no longer a god that Bill chases. God has not only restored his health, but blessed Bill Fortney, with a New York Best Seller: America from 500 Feet.
Bill made a vow with God, to never again live a moment in pride or in chase of fortune, but to live every moment for Him. And he never delayed in fulfilling his vow.
Seeking and Following,
Dean
You go nowhere by accident. Wherever you go, God is sending you, wherever you are, God has put you there; He has a purpose in your being there. Christ who dwells within you has something He wants to do through you wherever you are. Believe this and go in His grace and love and power.
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