|  |  | |  |   | | | A Purpose-Filled Life Jessica Evans - Denver, CO
 My name is Jessica Evans. I am a second-year medical student and have been a disciple for more than seven years. I became a disciple my freshman year at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I cannot begin to express my gratitude to God for seeking me out, because in no way was I seeking him. I was pretty content with my life at the time. I had two best friends, Doug and Bernadette, and many acquaintances. I was on my way to getting a degree in Biology and was part of a campus group called "The Coalition Against Hunger and Homelessness," pursuing a future goal to work overseas through the Peace Corps.
There were some subtle signs of discontent in my life, but I thought they were normal. I wasn't sure who I wanted to be - a strong woman who trampled those who stood in her way, or a woman of compassion who others pushed around. I saw no middle ground. The morals I had growing up, those of purity and self-control, steadily eroded as I realized those convictions were not my own and I saw no reason to adhere to them.
Although resistant to the idea of "coming to church" or ever becoming "religious," I was challenged by a new friend to seek God with all my heart. THAT thought appealed to me, while religion and church did not. I committed to seeking God with my whole heart for a month, going along with whatever Bible studies, church services, or Bible reading assignments I was given. It didn't take a month for me to discover being a disciple was how I wanted to live my life. I wanted the righteous relationship with God; the incredible purpose for my life.
God clarified this even further after I had been a disciple for a year and a half. While a junior in college, I was diagnosed with highly malignant cervical cancer. I promptly underwent surgery and began three months of high dose chemotherapy on the day after Christmas, 1995. I'll never forget praying in a field behind the Coors Events Center on the CU campus and breaking down in tears as I realized I could be dead in six months, leaving so many dreams for my life unrealized.
Fortunately, that was not God's plan. The treatments have been successful, and I have been cancer free for five years. But that experience has changed me. At that time my salvation was not on the line, and if I had died I would be in heaven with God now. Instead, I see that God has left me here to serve his Kingdom and to seek and save the lost. That's it. That's why I'm alive. That conviction drives me to live my life to the full. Now, I can't wait to see how God's plans for my life will unfold. | | |
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