Overcome Fear With God…

When I heard the words, “you have cancer,” I wasn’t afraid. I wasn’t afraid that I would die from my cancer. I wasn’t afraid cancer would be more than I could overcome. I wasn’t afraid… I didn’t know it then, but over the next several weeks came to understand the calmness I was experiencing was God. God had my hand. God had me, totally and completely and wasn’t letting go.

I don’t want to come across as some type of wonder woman, because I am definitely not that. I am just an ordinary girl standing in front of God asking Him to never stop loving me, to never stop giving me courage. It is a different type of fear I sometimes experience after having been diagnosed with cancer. The fear I sometimes experience is more about letting my family down, being a burden to them, not being the wife, mother and grandmother I want to be and that they deserve.  I am afraid I won’t be strong enough to withstand the pain, the weight loss, the pure exhaustion that comes with chemo and its side effects. But I can’t allow myself to dwell on those fears. Those fears will do nothing but hinder my healing, hinder my relationship with God, my family and friends.

Being diagnosed with cancer requires us to actively seek to overcome our fears by deepening our faith through prayer and Scripture, and trusting in God’s guidance and support. With God’s divine touch, He WILL bring us comfort when we need it the most.

 

God, comfort those of us diagnosed with cancer.
Wrap us with your warm embrace.
Help us feel your presence so we know we are not alone.
Amen