Sometimes, living a life of faith is a rollercoaster of emotions. When I was eight, my grandmother was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer. I was scared that I was going to lose the grandparents I was closest to and I prayed every night with my mom that Grandma would get better. But she didn’t. Stage IV cancer doesn’t just go away.
My grandma took a lot of comfort in the story of Hezekiah. In 2 Kings chapter 20, Hezekiah, king of Judah, became deathly ill. The prophet Isaiah literally told him that he was going to die. But when Hezekiah prayed for healing, God gave him fifteen more years to live. My grandma told God she would be content