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Smiles & Victory at Every Turn!A Real Testimony - God is Real!
2007-02-16
I was working at a place and my boss's wife had cancer. I mentioned to him what a man mentioned to me in seminary. "The 'C' in Christ is bigger than the 'c' in cancer." This was years ago but I thought I'd share it here. Here was a message I received from him after I left shortly after this:
Chris, I hope everything is going well with you and your church. Things have gone alittle wierd since you left. Last Tuesday, HR made their big announcement about the (XXX) moving to North Carolina. It is now official, after the first of the year. The only kink, I wasn't invited to go. As of last Tuesday, I am no longer employed with (XXX). I was't the only one picked on, Alan and John XXXXX also got the boot. I was just a tad bit bitter Tuesday, but with God's help, I am passing through that stage pretty well. Tuesday night was probably as low as I could go, along with Barbara's cancer. I know the Lord won't put on you more than you can bear, bit I was on overload. Barbara had a Dr's appointment the day I was layed off to determine what type of cancer she had.They thought it would be a good idea to see what they were up against when the surgery took place. We already had the plastic surgeon and the other surgeon scheduled to do the surgery. They had to take a core sample of the lump to find this out. Wednesday afternoon, the Dr called and told Barbara they couldn't explain it. but the cancer was gone!!! Barbara told the Dr you can't explain miracles. I remembered what you told me, the C in Christ is bigger than the c in cancer. The Lord was faithful to our prayers and healed my wife. Prayer meeting at our church will never be the same. There was some shouting and praising the Lord going on that night. You remember my verse I had on my whiteboard, when I left the building that morning, I wrote beneath it "God will provide" as my parting shot. I'm not sure what direction I will go in now, but I know if God can handle cancer, a job is a piece of cake. Keep us in your prayers, as I do you. God Bless you, Tom
August 31, 2002
Since moving here back in June 2001, we have gone though many changes. July 2001 I had a hysterectomy and in December the same year I had breast surgery. Glad to be in another year, we thought the hard times were behind us.
It was six months since the breast surgery and my doctor had me go in for a mammogram on my right breast to see if it was healing correctly. What we found was another lump. After a needle biopsy was performed our worst fear came true, it was cancer. They thought it was a rare form and that it was probably in the early stages. With surgery set at August 5th,, and having a consultation with the plastic surgeon, we thought we were prepared for the mastectomy.
On July 16th, I was scheduled for another mammogram on my left breast to make sure there were no suspicious lumps there. That is a day we both will never forget. After 25 years with the company, Tom was laid off. I can tell you we were very low. We prayed and had all our family, friends, and many church's praying for us. We couldn't believe our world was falling a part. We had a daughter starting her second year of college, and now we we're having to look at everything so different. Tom met me at the breast clinic that day. At the clinic they decided to perform a plug biopsy to determine what type of cancer it was so they wouldn't have any surprises during the surgery. They would let us know the next day the results.
Tuesday night we didn't get any sleep. We prayed and prayed. We knew God said he wouldn't put anything on us that we couldn't handle, but we felt our backs beginning to break along with our hearts. We knew He must have something better for us. Little did we know how much better.
Wednesday came and Tom had to go an all day meeting. That was the longest day. The doctor called about 3:00 and said she couldn't explain what had happened, but there was no cancer. The first biopsy showed cancer and now the cancer was gone! Praise the Lord! Crying and laughing, I said you can't explain miracles. I could hardly wait to tell Tom and everyone. While I was still on the phone with the doctor, Tom called in on the other line, I could hardly talk. We were crying and thanking God. It was a miracle!! From that point on we knew if God could cure cancer, a job was a piece of cake.
During our devotional time we starting changing our prayer to giving thanks for everything and prayed everyday:
God, we don't know why You're causing, or allowing this hard thing to happen, but we're going to give thanks in it because You ask us to. We're going to trust You to have a purpose for it that we can't know and may never know. Bottom line, You're God----- and that's good enough for us. Amen
Since then, our daughter started attending Tennessee Tech, I had the surgery to remove the lump (for the doctor's sake). NO CANCER! Tom has accepted a position with a new company, and I might add, he accepted this job before he knew what his salary would be. Of the companies that wanted him, he knew God had this one just for him. He got a raise in pay, plus commission, and a company car.
We would like to thank all of you for your words of encouragement, your support and especially your prayers. God still does miracles and He is good all the time!
Tom and Barbara
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