Storyline Fall 2018

organs. It was also then that I learned that my body was allergic to chemotherapy. I knew this was the devil
interfering, big time.
But I persisted. I am an overcomer.
Through all of these ordeals, I had a peace. I had a tremendous amount of peace. I had many people who were
believing with me that I would come through, that I would be healed, that God would work through the doctors
here and through the treatments that I was enduring. I know that when people saw me, they saw the peace that I
felt. I knew God was with me, and anybody around me knew that too. I was 100% trusting in God. I didn’t claim
to have any strength outside of what He gave me. I couldn’t do anything without Him. He was, and is, my
everything. I also had the support of the believers around me. I had people praying for me all over the country.
I had prayer chains that went back and forth, praying with me that God would come through and provide healing
and peace. My mom traveled from Ontario to spend ten months with me, praying for me the entire time.
It wasn’t long until I was back on my feet again. I started walking. I walked to the gym near me and started to regain
my strength. As soon as I was able, I was back in church. I felt every time Pastor James would speak at church,
he was speaking directly to me. It honestly felt at times like he was reading my Facebook posts, it was that
direct and personal. I knew it was God speaking words of encouragement, words of compassion, words of
wisdom and peace into my life.
These past two years have been a rollercoaster journey that I wish I didn’t have to go through. But that being said, I
want my story to inspire other people going through a similar journey. I don’t tell my story to say that I did anything
at all. I want people to know that God did it all through me. If I could do it, anybody else could. I want anybody going
through the struggles of disease to know that they are an overcomer as well. It’s through Jesus and His power that
we can do anything. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Jesus also finishes what He first started. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that He has a plan for us, that He’s not done with us.
We’re still under construction, the paint is still wet on our lives, and His purpose is not yet fulfilled.
And today? Today, I am cancer-free. Although the doctors don’t like to “officially” say that until five years
in, I know I am cancer-free. The medical staff tell me that it was a miracle to have survived the operation
alone. I have scans every six months to check up on my progress. I feel healthy and alive. I am here today to tell
anybody who will listen that Jesus is my miracle worker.
And to say that we are overcomers through Him who gives us strength.
Need Prayer?
“For I know the plans I have for you,”
declares the Lord,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope
and a future.”
JEREMIAH 29:11