I was checking on old friends last night on Facebook, and discovered a girl I’d dated many years ago was diagnosed with breast cancer 18 months ago.
It was a little shocking to see that. I’m not particularly young, but I’m not the opposite, either. So to see that news startled me. Someone I might have been in a relationship with (had a small number of things been a bit different for both of us) could have fought cancer right in front of my eyes.
It’s weird to contemplate.
I know no more than the scantest details: other than the statement she’s maintained strong privacy on the outcome. But she was clear about one thing: her faith in God and expectation of whole restoration at the day of resurrection.
That faith and statement of such blessed me and helped me strengthen my faith in Jesus Christ.
Small and simple for me, life-altering for her. My what a wonderfully tangled, supportive web we can live in.