I am an avid reader. I love the
Internet. In actuality, I don’t understand how people function without it.
I would deem myself as an "information
junkie." I love to dig in and do research. I want to know, who,
what, when, where and why, and sometimes I get on my own nerves.
The world-wide-web (www) is an invaluable
resource for providing information. One
website that is quite popular these days is WebMD.
WebMD provides a plethora of information
regarding ones health. You have the option to type in your symptoms, and it will
give you a cyber diagnosis, or you can look up any disease and it will give you
all of the specifics. However, in tiny
print at the bottom of their website, the disclaimer reads, “WebMD does
not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.” Some doctors will advise you to stay off the
Internet once a diagnosis has been given because what you read can really shake you up.
Marvin was first diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis,
then systemic lupus, neither of which were correct. A different specialist was finally able to
pinpoint the issue, and the diagnosis came back as autoimmune myelofibrosis. He developed other non-related health issues
along the way, however, complications from autoimmune myelofibrosis is what
took his life.
Prior to Marvin’s diagnosis we never heard of
autoimmune myelofibrosis. And today, I
still don’t know the, who, what, when, where and why of it. I never Google’d it. I never put his symptoms in WebMD. I never
asked anyone if they’ve heard of it. I chose to submerge my thoughts in the
truth, not the facts. The truth is what
the Word of God says concerning our healing.
The circumstance is what WebMD says about the diagnosis. I chose to encourage my husband that God
is a healer, and healing is the children’s bread. I chose to meditate on the truth and not the circumstance.
Don’t get me wrong. We didn’t ignore
anything. Marvin went to every doctor’s
appointment, took the medicine prescribed to him, and followed up with the
doctor every time they requested it. He
was diligent in doing what was required of him.
He believed in doing the possible and leaving the impossible up to God.
Although Marvin battled off and on over a
period of 5 years, it wasn’t every moment of every day. God is too gracious for that. There were many months where he walked in
divine healing, and experienced miracle after miracle and had no problem in
sharing his testimony and how good God had been to him. ( His entire
testimony of his first round of sickness can be found in my book “Me, My Man
and His Music” and is available on my website at www.kimmcquitty.com.)
As believers, we have a choice if we are ever
given an unfavorable report from the doctor. We can choose to believe what the
Word says about our healing, or we can depress ourselves with facts. WebMD is a
great tool, but just like any thing else, it’s how one uses it.
We are all human beings. We are going to feel the emotions connected
to being told we have a health challenge and the fear that comes along with
that information. Marvin and I felt that fear several times as he received
several diagnoses over the years. However, it is comforting to know that God
planned for that in advance when He told us in His word, He has not given us a
spirit of fear but of love, power and a sound mind.
It takes everything we have to win a battle
in our body because the greatest fight is in the mind. That’s why it is
critical to renew our minds in the Word of God concerning the truth of God’s
promises by meditating on healing scriptures.
So, "Who’s report will you believe?” Will
it be the Word of God or WebMD?
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