Things just got more interesting on the health front.  I went to the urologist today because my doctor found a cyst in my kidney.  I have been quite calm about this, as the things I've read were saying that this is extremely common.  And as I suspected the doctor came in and told me how common they were and that he has one as well.  Then he said he was going to go look at the scan and come talk to me.  Reese and I relaxed as we waited for what we expected to be a quick chat and to head out.  The doctor came in and said, "Well actually your cyst is a complex cyst.  We have to further investigate.  There's a slim chance that it could be cancerous."  Well then, that was a surprise.  However, I held my head high as I walked out, first knowing that I have God on my side, and second he said it's a very slim chance for cancer.  So I brushed it aside and went about my day.

I just couldn't let it go.  I've had so many crazy symptoms with the Lyme disease that I couldn't even explain my symptoms to the doctor.  So I did what all patients do when they get news, I went online.  Ha!  To my dismay, I have all of the problematic symptoms of the cyst (most cause no symptoms).  However, I am unsure if these symptoms are actually related to the cyst or the Lyme.  The lines are so blurred between the two.  

When I told Matt, the first thing he said was "God is on your side baby."  He's so encouraging!  So as I was praying about this, I got the urge to blog it.  Not necessarily to complain, but to start a testimony of what God will do.  I am expecting the Lord to use me for His glory and I commit myself to His plan.  So, this blog post is just a precursor to what is to come!!  So stay tuned...

John 14;12-14
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

It was in September 2014 that God healed me on that normal Sunday at church.  I had been diagnosed with multiple food allergies, that changed my diet drastically.  I was unable to eat out or eat at other peoples homes.  I had to take my own food with me everywhere.  You can read the story here... http://www.momongodesigns.com/blog/jesus-heals-today.

Well, every two years from the original diagnosis, the doctor has you take another allergy test.  I knew that my body was healed and I had been eating whatever I wanted since September.   My wonderful church, Commissioned, gathered around me, laid hands on me and prayed.  I knew I was healed because all of my allergy symptoms to food were relieved instantly that day.  If you are in the Northern Virginia area, you should definitely check out our church.  God has done so much in and through us; they are His miracles!  www.commissionedva.org.

I had my test and here it is!  The nurses and doctor were pleasantly surprised by how much my numbers came down.  I said God healed me that day!! I love that my doctor is a Christian.  They couldn't believe that I had been eating normal since then.  
The only number that didn't come down drastically is wheat, but that's definitely because of the lyme and inflammation.

Here's my test:
(13 means highly allergic and must completely avoid)
Wheat = was 13 - now 11
Milk = was 13 - now 7!
Egg Yolk = was 11 - now 7!
Egg White = was 10 - now 8
Soybean = was 11 - now 9
Corn = was 13 - now 7!
Chicken = was 11 - now 7!
Rice = was 13 - now 7!
Oat = was 10 - now 8
Chocolate = was 10 - now 9

There you have it!  Physical proof that God our Father is our healer!!  Praise His holy Name!

When I was first diagnosed with Lyme disease, I remember jumping up and down with excitement. I now knew what was wrong with me, but also it is an easily treatable disease, so I thought.  I began to seek out a doctor for treatment, so I made phone calls, and no one was taking lyme patients or they were not taking anymore.  My eyes started opening to the fact that doctors didn't want to deal with Lyme Disease.  I researched the disease extensively, learning of the big controversy in the United States.  Everything online was telling me that I needed a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor, but doctors were saying that they are all quacks, and I needed to stay away from them.  I looked into the LLMD (who doesn't take insurance) and the costs were outrageous!  It was $700 to sit down with a doctor, and that doesn't include treatment or followup care.  So, I decided to go the route of the main stream doctors. 

After a couple of months of treatment, I wasn't getting better.  It really just took a chip off of the disease.  Naturally I think there must be something else wrong.  Again, I was nervous about the LLMD, and the main stream doctors kept telling me to stay away from them.  So I started to seek help here and there and looking into my organs specifically.  And to my dismay, I uncovered nothing more other than unexplained symptoms.  

My point in telling this story about the Lyme controversy is because the Lord showed me that it's a lot like the controversy over faith in Jesus Christ to take away our sins.  Sin is the disease, and it wreaks havoc on our soul, just as disease damages and slowly destroys the body.   Some people refuse to believe that Christ died for their sins and rose again.   Just as many doctors hold to the governments stronghold that these LLMDs are quacks.  

I tried the mainstream doctors, just as other people try other religions.  Some continue to go to their false god and seek healing from their sins.  "Do good they say", or "destroy the unbelievers of your faith."  And time and time again they fail to receive the healing of the aching need for something in their very soul.  

The media and television tell us, "Eat right, exercise, be thin, look young and you will be happy."  But the satisfaction is merely temporary.  Some lose the battle with the exercise and diet.  Others achieve it, but continue to grow old, and the face creams stop working.  

Mediums say they can contact dead loved ones.  "They will know the answer, because they have passed on and see."  And then upon following the mediums instructions and guidance, life is satisfied for only a little while.  It begins to unravel drastically soon after.  

Television, get rich books and talk show hosts, say "Do this and you will live happy and fulfilling lives.  Be successful and rich and you can do anything you want, and be satisfied."   To our dismay, money brings us happiness with things, but the loneliness grows.  

Sin is our disease.  When Adam sinned, he brought a curse on mankind and the earth.  We are all born with this terrible disease.  We try to do right, but we just can't.  "I do what I don't want to do, but I can't stop."  On the other spectrum, we do everything right according to the world, but we are afraid of failing and live in fear.  Sin is ramped in our lives, but we don't even know it.

Until... we meet the Holy One and our sins are laid out bare.  Sin is taking over, disease is killing me.  I'm headed down a path of unknown.  I need help, a savior, the right antidote.  

And so, after exhausting all of my options, I finally go to the LLMD.  The reason I wasn't getting better was because I had more than the Lyme infection!  She had the answer that I needed, the right antidote!  She put me on several antibiotics.  Jesus provides the same thing, true freedom from sin.  But we have to stop listening to the television, other religions, and self help counselors.  We have to turn our eyes onto Jesus, the true antidote to our disease, our sin.  Remember I told you that the LLMD is costly?  Well so is following Jesus.  It is a free gift from God, however you must bare your cross and follow Him, putting aside worldly desires.  But with following Christ, you will be free from your sin and find life in heaven eternally.  Sin costs me such more, so much heartache and pain, just as seeking all of the wrong doctors did.  I had to shell out just a little more money to see the right doctor, the one that was looked down upon by the world.  The costs of following Jesus is to give everything to Him and follow Him, but you will find true freedom and eternal life for your souls.  Our reward in heaven is far greater than anything here on earth.  

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.  
Luke 9:23-26