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My Grandmother died from cancer in 1967. I was 8 going on 9. The last few weeks of her life she stayed at our house and my mother took care of her. She had cancer that had spread to her stomach and lungs.
I remember a conversation we had. I remember it like it was yesterday. The sun coming in through the windows, the smell of the medicine.
I knew she was dying and I asked her if she was afraid. She looked at me and kind of laughed a bit. and sat up in bed a bit. When she got her breath back she told me this.
"I believe in Jesus and that he has saved me from my sins. I have believed this since I was a young girl and because of that belief I have had a full and happy life. I have been given a wonderful and loving husband, 3 wonderful children and 4 grandchildren who I love dearly. If I am right, then when I die I will go to heaven to be with my friends and family who have gone before me. I will have a new body with no pain and no tears. I will be with my Savior Jesus forever." "If I am wrong, then when I die there will be nothing." "Even if I have been wrong, I am glad that I believed all these years because I am happier now because of it." Then she said. But what about the person who doesn't believe. What if they don't believe, and I'm right?
Convinced me. She lived just long enough to see me baptized. I miss her so much, but I KNOW I will see her again. And at 52 I can now honestly say it will be sooner rather than later, no matter the cause.