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The Unfolding

Page 24: Megan Thompson

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9868 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Thirty years old with stage 4 cancer and a treatment plan that doesn't seem to be working - that is the unwelcome journey for Megan Thompson. How can you face such physical hardship and bitter disappointment, and not get angry with God? And if you do feel angry, can you still have faith?

Transcript

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Page 24 of the unfolding is the story of Megan Thompson.

0:04.3

Once we found out that the drugs were not working, it was devastating.

0:08.3

And I really got angry at God, and I really questioned his goodness just because everything we had been praying for.

0:16.5

The exact opposite was happening.

0:19.4

God's story has been unfolding.

0:22.7

Since the beginning of time.

0:25.8

He invites you to be a part of it.

0:32.1

Another page in the unfolding.

0:50.1

You're in your early 30s with stage four cancer and a treatment plan that doesn't seem to be working.

0:50.9

Is it possible to walk that journey and still say it is well with my soul? That's been the

0:56.5

challenge for Megan Thompson. How do you face physical hardship, bitter disappointment, and not get

1:02.1

angry with God? And if you do get angry, can you still maintain faith? Here's Megan. So tell me a little bit

1:09.3

about your story then. So you were newlyweds?

1:12.0

Yeah.

1:12.4

So we got married in 2012.

1:15.2

And then in 2014, I started having some like chest pain.

1:22.0

And my family is a really bad history of heart issues.

1:25.2

And so we thought it was a heart issue. And so I had a ton of cardiovascular

1:30.2

testing done. Nothing came back negative. Everything came back perfect. I'm a runner. So the only thing

1:36.6

that they noticed is I have an extremely low heart rate, but nothing seemed to be wrong with my heart.

1:40.7

So we had no idea it was going on. I was still having the pain in my left

1:45.2

chest area and we couldn't figure out what it was. My sister, my youngest sister got married.

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