Each day that rolls by is a precious gift. Sometimes it may not feel like it, but they are. Cherish each with your whole heart, for it may never come again.

A recent experience with a friend has taught me this lesson. We were in a choir together, and took some religion classes. She and I had talked a lot about life, and getting through college. Not too long ago she came into the choir room crying. I felt that something was wrong. She later told me that she had just received a phone call from her doctor. She had cancer. And she wasn’t going to live more than 3 months. I cried. How could something like this happen to her? I believe in God, and I know that He always knows best. But sometimes, I want to understand the “why”. I was crying as I walked across campus, and into my Biology class. I just didn’t understand. But I trusted the Lord. I knew that if that was His plan for her, then it was for the best. After a while, I came to accept the fact that at some point, I wouldn’t see my friend again in this earth-life. But I knew then, as I know now, that I would see her again in the next life.

About a week ago, I saw her again. I hugged her and asked how she was doing. She smiled and answered that she was feeling great. I thought that it was because she had come to accept her situation. But what she told me afterwards changed me. She told me that she had gone into the hospital for a cat scan of her tumor. Halfway through, the doctor had to stop. “We think that there is something wrong with the machine” he said. So she waited. They checked everything on the machine, and finding nothing, proceeded to complete the process. What they found, or I should say, didn’t find, shocked them. There was no tumor. It had disappeared. After she related this to me, I found myself crying again. Only this time it was out of joy and gratitude to a loving God who hears and answers prayers. His goodness and mercy has spared a sweet child, and allowed her to become a living miracle.

Her miracle has given me a stronger testimony of the reality of God. Her miracle has shown me that He truly does hear His children’s pleas, and that He will always answer.

I will praise the name of the Lord, forever and ever and ever!