No, not the charming “Dick and Jane” book series we read as children.
This was a somber “spot.”
“See Spot Run!?”
More like, “see my terrified cancer thoughts run away with my imagination.”
You know the scary cancer thoughts, especially if you have ever come close to membership, or, indeed, are a member of the prestigious “Diagnosed Club.”
A spot on an x-ray…
It changes life forever.
One white blurry, smudgy “spot” on an x-ray film.
Maybe we don’t feel any pain. But it’s hanging out, growing, occupying space.
Seeing that mass makes it real. Having that diagnosis declared makes it real. Devastating.
And usually, the last thing on our minds, right then, is “I’m healed. I’m gonna get healed.”’
For me, at least, that was the last thought on my mind.
The first?
“I’m going to die,” followed by, “My life is over,” and “There’s no hope.”
“…‘For I am the LORD who heals you.’”
Exodus 15:26
Survivorship.
A word that can be encountered by us diagnosed. It has a built-in connotation and hope that we were healed. We are, perhaps, “in remission.”
No more scary, life-threatening disease. No more death thoughts.
And it would be too simplistic and patronizing of me to say that it’s as easy as that, feeling-wise, and experience-wise.
There are some dark thoughts as we deal with what was one a diagnosis.
Am I going to die?
Am I going to live?
Will it come back?
What IF it comes back?
Healing can feel quite out of reach. Healing can feel impermanent.
But Yahshua…
“But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5
He is the ORIGINAL “JOHNNY ON THE SPOT.”
He paid the Price, for us, in our entirety, including every spot of sin, disease, and pain.
He heals.
“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.”
Jeremiah 17:14
Accept Him now. He is Your Savior; you belong to Him.
“Yahshua, I come to You, asking to be My Savior. Be in complete control of my life, from this point on. Be real to me. Show up, not just as my Healer, but as Someone Who loves me with a love that only You give. And that I have been seeking my entire life. Thank You.”
Amen.
ABBA FATHER-
We come to You, in The Name of Your Son, Our Savior, accepting Him to be in control of our lives.
You know what Diagnosis we face.
You know what looks like death.
You know what is scaring us and threatening us.
Whether it’s a first-time diagnosis, uncertain limbo, or recurrence, we, by faith, trust You are Our Healer.
Manifest that in tangible ways for us now.
Help us to live out the future and the hope You promise to us (Jeremiah 29:11).
Whatever “the spot” may be, touch it, cleanse it, heal it, and replace it with Who You are.
Be Our Healer, in every way.
Forgive us for doubting You; help us to believe and trust You.
Thank You.
We receive it, In Yahshua’s Name.
Amen
