Cancer & the Story of Your Life: Day 2
Today is part 2 of my interview with Yvonne Ortega and her faith journey through cancer.
Suzie: Let’s pick up where we left off yesterday. The word cancer has so many negative connotations. Maybe someone’s asking, “Is it possible that there was anything good that came about through your illness?
Berry Mauve or Muted Wine
In honor of breast cancer awareness month, I’d love to offer my story shared in Chicken Soup for the Couple’s Soul:
Berry Mauve or Muted Wine
by T. Suzanne Eller
He found me weeping bitterly in the hospital room.
“What’s wrong?” Richard asked, knowing that we both had reason to cry.
In the past forty-eight hours, I learned that I had a cancerous lump in my breast that had spread to my lymph nodes, and there was a possible spot on my brain. We were both thirty-two with three young children. (more…)
Your story: do you want to share it?
What is your story? How does it impact others?This weekend I shared the message “The Author of Your Story” with a group of beautiful women from Muskogee First in Oklahoma. I believe that every person has a story. And many times that story has the power to impact others.
But sometimes our story is painful, or there are chapters that we have pushed down deep, afraid that if others hear it they judge, or reject, or misunderstand. It’s why I hesitate to focus solely on a painful childhood as “my story”. It’s not. It’s a chapter of my story, a small part of who I am, and yet it has the potential to encourage others who are in that part of their life.
God can redeem those chapters. In fact, it’s his speciality.
What is your story? Would you like to share it with others? If so, send it to me and perhaps it can encourage others. I’d love to post it here on daretobelieve.
If your story is chosen, you can choose one of any of my books, and an autographed copy will be sent to you.
T. Suzanne Eller
Believing that God redeems our life stories, Suzanne teaches you how to give every chapter of your life to a relevant and life-changing Savior.
