that she, as a Christian, is asked often: If God is good and if God has the power to do anything, why hasn’t God healed you? To this, she said: Those steps [following Jesus] most often lead Christians not to miraculous, divine interventions but directly into the fellowship of suffering. In a way, I’ve been drawn closer to the Savior, even with this breast cancer. There are things about his character that I wasn’t seeing a year ago or even six months ago. That tells me that I’m still growing and being
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