Pam Scheid feels that she was destined to face cancer. It’s not something she would choose, but it came into her life.

And as difficult as the journey has been, it has also opened the door for her to experience great hope in her life.

She wants others to find this hope, too.

Watch the video and read the transcript below to hear her hopeful story.

Video Transcript:

Chosen for cancer

“Well, chances are pretty high the cancer will get me because there is not a cure for it. So I’ve come to terms with that, that I know this is probably what’s going to do it. It’s just a matter of when. I’m hoping it’s a few years.

God is good. I mean these trials filter through his hands first and so does cancer. I feel like I’ve been chosen for it. I don’t feel like I’m some sort of a victim. He chose me just like he chose other people to do certain things throughout the history in the Bible, and this just happens to be what he chose for me and whoever and whatever he brings in my path. And I hope I can just be faithful enough to recognize when he’s got something for me to do or something to say to somebody.

Death is not the end

Cancer’s not the end of the world. I realize a lot of people pass on from cancer and I probably will too, but that’s not the end of my world then. Because when it happens, I’m going to be more alive than I’ve ever been meeting the Lord face to face.

A turning point

So the cancer trial can be a turning point where you can really reach out to the Lord. And maybe that would be the very purpose for which somebody newly diagnosed had received that diagnosis. Because it really had an impact on me. Maybe I didn’t get it the first two diagnoses, but the stage four one really got my attention and he’s taught me a lot, but he’s walked with me the whole way. He’s right in the chemo room with me. He’s right in here right now with me. I hope I’m saying and sharing what he would want me to because it’s about glorifying Him.

Invitation to pray

Just talk to God, just talk to him. Just throw it all out there and say, I don’t know what I’m doing.

I don’t even know if you’re really there, but this is how I feel. And this is what I’m going through.

He’ll speak to you. He will. He’s not going to leave you.”

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Pam passed away peacefully on February 28, 2020, but her hopeful spirit and legacy live on. She shared these words as part of her celebration of life:

“The most important event in my life happened in August 2000, at age 42, when I made the decision to receive Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Romans 10:9 says, “That if you confess with your mouth ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” That decision changed my life.”

To learn more about finding spiritual hope like Pam did, read Knowing God Personally. 

Or you can pray this prayer right now to find hope:

“Jesus, I want to know you. I want you to come into my life. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin so that I could be fully accepted by you. Only you can give me the power to change and become the person you created me to be. Thank you for forgiving me and giving me eternal life with God. I give my life to you. Please do with it as you wish. Amen.”

If you sincerely asked Jesus into your life just now, then he has come into your life as he promised. You have begun a personal relationship with God. Click on the links below for some helpful next steps.

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Note: We are not doctors and we cannot answer your medical questions. However, we welcome your questions about finding hope and knowing God personally.

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