I Saw God In

It had been five years since my last mammogram. Why? I cannot explain. You don't ever think you will be the one with cancer. It'll be someone else, but not you. A dear friend of mine possibly saved my life by making me pick up the phone and make that first phone call to my doctor. When my friend, Janet Smith, heard that it had been five years since my last mammogram, she encouraged me to make an appointment. Sometimes you feel like that call can wait till tomorrow; then tomorrow comes, and it gets pushed back to the next day. We've all done it, in some manner. Maybe it's even as simple as mowing the lawn, unloading the dishwasher, or filing your taxes, but we all put off things that we don't enjoy. It took five varying days of Janet coming into my classroom to ask me if I'd made my appointment before I finally did. She took my phone and pulled up the number so I wouldn't have any excuses.

With that phone call and mammogram, we found out that there was something there. What I didn't know was that God had a different path for me. My loving, caring Father was aware of my diagnosis long before I was aware of it. In His sovereignty, He placed specific people, each with a unique and meaningful purpose, into my path at varying points of my journey to take my hand and guide me through the difficult steps I had to take. He gave people different jobs, but each job was meaningful in its own way. God's hand was evident even from the initial phone call, all the way to the very end of this journey. I have learned that God is with me when I receive exciting and good news and when I receive news that will shake me to the core. Whatever the outcome would be, I trusted in His hand.