October serves for many things.. The start of Autumn, Halloween, Pumpkin pie.. i don’t know what else, but it’s important cause well aren’t all the months…
October is also Breast Cancer Awareness month. I have an aunt who battled it, and won not only her life back but gained the faith of many doubters… not only of her but of God.
I was young and didn’t understand much about faith or religion, I grew up Catholic… did the routines, went to church, it was all clockwork. Why’d I do it? Cause mommy told me to.
There was no love to it.. no personal relationship
My mom’s cousin who we’ll call my aunt for story’s sake, had this cancer in the mid 90s, we all took a trip to Canada to visit the extended family. The trip was very somber and depressing, except for meeting my aunt. She was as cheerful and happy as one could be. “God has it all under control”, she’d say. She was always reading her Bible, reciting verses to anyone who would listen. I thought she was crazy and hated God, for allowing one of his loyal followers to suffer. I never told my aunt that I didn’t agree with her, I mean the lady was gonna die, let her have her crazy happy thoughts, right? We said our goodbyes and went home… For the first time I prayed deeper than I ever had before, having a conversation with God. I was angry, sad, emotional, desperate…
My aunt ended up beating the cancer and is still very much alive living.. I should go visit them all sometime soon.
Anyway I have to say after meeting this aunt, my life was changed. I didn’t accept Christ as my Savior at that point, but it opened my eyes and helped me realize that there was more…
Moral of my story?
