1997 Miracle Yearbook

teach something that would changethenextgeneration,and IknowthatultimatelytheWord of God is what really changes people. Students who get out into the work place and write, e-mail, call, or visit me and say,'Thiscourse,thisidea,this thing that I learned from you has changed my life'—to me, that is the biggestjoy." It was with this desire to change lives that Dr. Fawcett addressed the studentbodyin a chapel service on May 12, 1992.This time,it wasto share with them how God was working in her life in the midst ofa trial:thediscovery thatshe had cancer. She told the students that sharing her heart withthem wasthemostdifficult assignmentGod had given her yet, and that He was in the processofgiving hereven more difficult tasks. She described herwidearrayofemotionsafter she was diagnosed, emotions running from panic, anger, depression, and guilt, to recovery and resolution. She helped the students to understand that God is not offended by our outpouring of emotions to Him. "It's not wrong to be in a crisis," she said,"but it is wrong to doubt God in a crisis." In November of 1995, she learned that the cancer had returned. After the multiple surgeries and chemotherapy treatments that God has brought her through,Dr.Fawcett believessheseespart of what He has accomplished in her life. "He has given me a perspective of trying to makeeverydaycount. AndIdon'tmean that you have to be busy doing stuff or hurrying.It'smoreofaquieting kind of a thing. What am I going to do today that lasts forever? Part of what I've learned is that God isn't only concerned with the outcome or productofour work,He's also interestedinthe process.Itisn't that we're having to get somewhere,but it's slowing it down enough to say, this is where the joy is, right here in the everyday stuff." Above: Dr. Fawcett reads the children's book she wrote to her nieces and nephew, Erin, Amanda, and Matthew Fawcett.Above right: Dr.Dixon presents Dr.Fawcett with a plaque for her promotion to associate professor. dEdicatiotz5