Fun Fact: Susan's best friend was curious as to why she seemed more concerned than Susan. Even though her friend is a Christian, Susan's peace was beyond understanding. Susan was unafraid, not anxious, and explained that she was not alone, "God is with me always."

Without shedding tears a single time, Susan spent three days relaxing and trusting God would see her through this situation. She often tells the story with jubilance, "On the third day, I rose again in the shower!" Smiling, she explains what happened:

I was taking a shower, letting the water flow down on my head. Without any anxiousness, I simply rose my face into the spray of the shower and with my eyes closed said, "God, I wish you would take whatever is causing this cancer out of me now." Immediately, I felt my mouth full of what I thought was water. Backing out of the shower spray, I wiped my eyes and opened my hand to catch what turned out to be the most beautifully colored bright red blood I had ever seen! I knew at that moment God had healed me and as I poured two more mouthfuls out of my hands, "I now I said now, but that is awesome!" Ten days later after a full body scan to "track the cancer moving in my body" . . . there was no cancer. I am not in remission, I am fully healed since October 2005. To God be the glory always. 

In all classes, SFWA shares the miracle of Susan's healing and the fact that God loves everyone, even the person who may be trying to hurt you in a self defense situation. The mentality of pulling the trigger in self defense because it is legally accepted, is still taking the life of one of God's creations. Your life is always worth saving so that you can live to do what God has for you to do in your life for Him. Only you will know when you have no choice but to pull the trigger in self defense in any given situation. Sadly, society has been desensitized to taking the life of another person, just because they are in my house to steal a TV. Many argue what-if's that may be seen differently in two different cases based on a jury. Just because it is legal does not make it right in God's eyes. The grace you show another may be the very thing that saves their life from Hell. Your intent should never simply be to "kill" or "destroy" your attacker. It should always be your last choice.