Personal Choice - Blog #4

God Grants Miracles

Not a lot of people believe in miracles, I am not one of them. For my personal choice im going to talk about a miracle that happened recently to my family. In August, 2016 my mom was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer. This is not the miracle but it was a miracle that they found it so soon. When she was at the beach this past spring, my mom tripped over a dog while walking across the road, a dog! She fell and landed on her chest, when it continued to hurt about a month later she figured something was wrong. She went to get checked out and it turned out she had breast cancer. If she had never fallen than she might not have ever gone to the doctors. That, however, is not the only miracle that took place in this scenario. When we found out that my mom had cancer we practically got everyone we knew praying for her and her recovery, our church, friends, family, all of them. She was brought packages and flowers. When she told my brother and I about her cancer she swore that everything was going to be alright and that she made sure of it before she told us. My mom is my best friend so this whole thing terrified me, the risk of losing her just seemed unbearable to me. She was designated 18 weeks worth of treatments, though shes had to skip a few due to illness. When we first learned about the cancer my mom needed to get a port inserted so her treatments would be easier. When we met with the surgeon just before the surgery we were completely surprised, before she went in he prayed with us that everything goes well, and it did. Since then my mom has been struggling through treatments and having trouble doing the things that she normally would do. The final miracle (so far) happened just a few weeks ago. My mom called me and told me that she had just met with her surgeon. She had a sonogram and the doctor said that he couldn't even see the tumor anymore. The doctors had expected the treatment to work but not this well. I couldn't even speak I was so thankful. I knew that God was working in my mom and that she was going to be okay in the end. Her treatment ends in two weeks and I know God will be there with us through the end. Miracles dont happen everyday. Before this I had little faith that God can really grant prayers when it comes to illnesses like this one. I know have unwavering faith in God and his power and I know that he works miracles everyday.