My Redeemer Lives!

Last Thurs., Nov. 30th, I was summoned by the professionals at St. Barnabas Breast Center to go for additional mammography tests. After three series of uncomfortable tests, I didn't think I would be able to take anymore pain as this lady technician puts my breast between 2 flat areas and squeezes them ever so tightly! As she would do each series of tests, she will say the words: "Don't move, don't breathe". I felt like telling her at one point to be quiet: the pain is enough to make me scream and jump! Three times, she took series of tests and three times, she told me to wait in the waiting room. The last time she opened the door of the waiting area, she came out with a doctor with her. I thought to myself, "this can't be good". The doctor had to personally explain what they found in my right breast as a result of my mammogram tests. Calcifications were found in my right breast and it was the kind, apparently, that I should worry about. My biopsy is to be scheduled after the Holidays and I will then find out if this calcification is malignant or benign. Of course, I and the rest of my loved ones, are praying for the latter. As days go by, I start to think of what might happen to me, my husband and my children. I started thinking of the worst. I thought of those I know that have passed away. I have read Scriptures, I have prayed, I have counted sheep in my sleep (lol), but one Glorious morning, I was awaken by God with the most profound words: "Your Redeemer Lives!"... This is hard to comprehend for those who don't have a relationship with the Lord, but it's true. I am so unworthy of God's Merciful Grace and yet He is always there for me during my trials and my sadness. He lives - to take away my pain! He took my sins away and paid for them at the Calvary. On the third day, he rose from the dead so that death is defeated! He lives! He lives in me! He tells me over and over again, "never will I leave you, never will I forsake you". No matter what is the outcome of my biopsy, I know my Redeemer Lives and THAT is all that matters! Praise Him! Hallelujah!