No Enlarged Lymph Nodes

Hearing those 4 words above were so meaningful to me yesterday.

My most recent Computerized Tomography Scan (CT Scan) was administered last Friday. I am pretty accustomed to waiting a few days before receiving results so have learned to never really be in a hurry.  Yesterday while at work, I received a phone call from my doctor’s office and missed the call due to helping one of my own patient’s during a consultation.  I did call back but the person was busy at the moment, so left a message.  I do have access to my patient portal, which being a nosy nerd, I did start looking up my results.  Nothing was posted for me to see.  I just thought to myself, maybe they called about something else.

A few hours later on my way home from work, I received another phone call from my doctor’s office.  This time, I was able to answer the call.  After verifying my pertinent information, the gentleman on the phone let me know that my CT results came back normal.  There are “No Enlarged Lymph Nodes.”  At that moment, I wanted to jump through the phone and give him a huge hug due to my excitement.  I am sure he was thinking this lady is super excited and will have a wonderful Christmas.  We wished each other Merry Christmas then hung up.

After almost 3 years of hearing that my lymph nodes were enlarged, there have been moments that I honestly thought I would always have an enlargement somewhere.  At this moment in time, the impossible became possible. After all, I have been believing for complete healing.   To be honest, I am human as well so to have no swollen lymph nodes is a miracle in my book.

I never thought those 4 words would be so meaningful on my journey.  Yesterday morning, as I was reading a few Bible verses and praying, I asked God to “amaze me today”, without an expectation of what may happen.  I knew He would but didn’t know how.  Well, He definitely came through in a BIG way and right before Christmas where we celebrate Jesus who came to save us from sin and heal us from disease.

All I know to do is Praise Him!  Praise has been how I fight my battles and stay strong in the storms of life.  It’s Praising God even in the hard things that I find Peace beyond understanding.

Psalm 150:6 “Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord!”

Psalm 103- Love the whole chapter of praise and promises to those who fear God.

I hope and pray that God will amaze you as well in some way today and in this Christmas season.  Just ask and see what he does.  Please share!