OK, I said I would not preach on this topic again, but I am taking it to another church just in case others missed it. Some of us are not getting the message too clearly.
A sermon on smoking and other pastimes by Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog
I was thinking about this recently because of people who passed. A few weeks back I wrote about Betty, a friend and co-author of a play we worked on together (Liberation). Emphysema robbed her of her breath. She was a chain smoker throughout the years I knew her. Then a few weeks ago I received a text message from a cousin to advise me that the husband of one of our many cousins had passed away of throat cancer and various complications resulting from chemotherapy. He was 52 and had been a heavy smoker. I am saddened by the people who die so young.
When you mention these things to smokers you may get one of the following excuses: “What difference does it make? You have to die of something.” Under this sort of thinking you might…
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It’s a killer. Even though I quit years ago, I frequently wonder if it is going to come an get me anyway.
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I did not smoke but probably lived in a fog of second hand smoke all through childhood.
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