purpose

Everyone wonders what is their purpose here and what is their part in God's plan. Well at least I do.
Another friend called me this week to tell me she is on the breast cancer boat now. It seems that since I was diagnosed, more people I know have been diagnosed too or know someone who has. I wonder and would like to think that me getting sick with cancer is all part of God's plan for me to help others through this. I hear you say, but Autumn why would God let you get sick and go through all this? Well because if I didn't experience this I wouldn't be able to help others going through this. Don't get me wrong, I never wish this on anyone, especially me! But if I didn't have this experience, I wouldn't be able to relate to those asking my advice of what is going to happen in their treatment.
So, I praise God he gave me this experience to me to tell my friends about my treatment, my emotional ride through out this cancer, how to take care of their nausea, skin changes from radiation and what to do to get started.  Also, this gives the opportunity for my family to talk to others about how this has affected them and hopefully their experience will help someone that has a loved one with cancer know how to support them through this.
So, my friend just starting, I pray for you to have strength throughout this and for you to know you have friends to lean on.  Before you know it, everything will be done and you will be on the other side of treatment and putting it all behind you.

So we praise God through the storms as well as the sunny days. I feel the storm help us grow and the sunny days are our celebration getting through them!

Psalm 150:5, "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord."

Love to all,