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50/50: Seeing Mercy Through Mortality (Lamentations 3:22-23)

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In 50/50, Adam Lerner—a healthy 27-year-old—learns he has spinal cancer. His world collapses. But each morning he wakes up, and each morning is both terrifying and merciful. His therapist, his best friend, his fractured family—all become channels of grace he couldn't see before diagnosis. "His mercies are new every morning." Adam didn't ask for cancer, but cancer taught him to see mercy he'd been blind to. The sunrise looks different when you're not sure you'll see many more. Mercies were always there; mortality helped him notice them.

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Scripture References

Lamentations 3:22-23Psalm 118:24James 4:14

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