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all possibility I'd bear a child, I saw cousin Erma, whom I had thought of many times on my tumultuous journey, she simply walked over to me, wrapped her arms around me and we wept together. She knew the storm of my life, and it was only when I had gone through the same storm as she, that I could understand. She said, you'll never know the times I've prayed for you, and I know just how you feel. God used her storm to help clam mine.

The storm of cancer has hit my family many times, with Uncles, Aunts, cousins, yes I hurt for them and felt a loss at their death. When the storm of Cancer hit my 50 year old brother, then I felt my Dad's pain for his siblings, and the pain others felt when the rode out their storm of cancer, whether their safe landing was here on earth or in their eternal home as it was with my 50 year old brother. My first prayer was when I learned he had cancer, was, Lord I pray you receive Honor and Glory in the Cancer. Was my storm of pain and hurt any less because I was a Christin, I don't think so, but being a Christian facing this awful storm, I knew my God would never leave me or forsake me, or my family, did I like it, no, did I understand why my 50 year older brother would only live 8 weeks from his diagnosis, no I did not, but as a Christian I knew God understood my tears, my hurt and my pain, and He gave me comfort, strength and courage to face days I thought I could not. To give words of comfort to my brothers friends who were hurting so badly at his death, when I look back, it's amazing how God carries us through the storms that hit so hard and hurt so bad.

I hurt for those facing the storms of life and don't know Jesus Christ personally, who will wrap His loving arms around you and say, Dear Child, Peace Be Still.

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