I had to Go Beyond Logic to Heal from Cancer

 

When I saw this video, The Binding, about Abraham and his son, Isaac, I cried.  Abraham knew that it didn't make sense to offer up his son. He knew that he had been promised a posterity as numerous as the sands of the sea through Isaac. Amazingly, he had the faith to do what the Lord asked of him no matter how illogical it seemed, because he knew he could trust the giver of the promise.

Less than a year ago at the time I became ill with cancer, I was given a promise from the Lord that I was being given a chance to heal. I also knew that my stage 3c Ovarian Cancer had spread throughout my entire abdomen giving me a high cancer count of 1,900 (35 is the point where you have cancer) and just three months to live. How could I possibly be healed?  

But I knew the giver of the promise. All my years of turning to God to help me deal with health problems that the doctors did not understand nor could they heal, helped me develop a strong trust in my Heavenly Father. I knew He loved me and would always be there to help me. I knew He would keep His promise. If He said I was being given a chance to heal, then no matter how illogical, I would be healed.

Day after day, I kept praying for more faith and kept trying to unwaveringly focus on the promise of healing given to me by a loving Heavenly Father who has the power to make all that He says reality. I kept reminding myself of this three times as the chemo treatment began to put me into anaphylactic shock. I thought of the promise of healing and felt a peaceful assurance that I would be able to finish the treatment -- which I did.

Instead of dying within the expected three months, I, a person with severe allergies and chemical sensitivities, was able to make it through four chemo treatments and major cancer surgery to end up with a normal cancer reading. Logically, it shouldn't have happened, but it did. I experienced a power greater than man's that prolonged my life. Not only do I feel very blessed to have more time with my family and friends, I've also learned that if I trust in His love, power, and promises, keeping all doubt and negative thoughts out of my mind, then He will do amazing things in my life.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2011-03-0027-akedah-the-binding?lang=eng