A Rushed Diagnosis

Yesterday I received a call from my sister Kathie that a friend of hers that has been coming to our church was told to get to Hershey Medical Center emergency because of a problem she was having. She had gone to see a neurologist abut her condition. The doctor checked her out and told her that she either had a tumor or a brain aneurysm. She was of course shocked to hear that and of course experienced the fear that comes along with hearing that kind of news. She had an MRI done and went to the hospital as she was told. She was taken to an exam room and was checked out by a resident. After she checked her out and did some extensive testing, the resident took the information and went to check some of the facts. She had come back and told the patient that the motion sickness patch was the culprit. She deals with motion sickness so she tried using the patch and it worked but unfortunately it had it's side effects. So instead of a tumor or bleeding in the brain, she simply had a drug reaction in her body. She was definitely relieved!

Misdiagnoses in other areas of life happen to people as well. Some folks struggle with something and look for answers in all different places and in different people. The problem is that you have to be careful where you turn for help. There are a lot of people who claim to have the answers to problems but really don't. The problem really lies in that most of our struggles have a root in either our spiritual life or the lack of it. If it sounds good like some of the garbage being spewed out, people buy into it without thinking. What people really need to hear is the truth. The real truth is that we can find the answers in God because He knows the problem and He knows the cure. An alcoholic never finds deliverance from his or her problem until he or she acknowledges the fact that they have a problem. Once they admit it, the freedom can then start for them. We all need God's help to overcome any problem we have because we are fallen and we cannot save ourselves. God has diagnosed our problem as sin. Today a lot of folks are misdiagnosed when it comes to their problem. When people are misdiagnosed with medical conditions, they can suffer numerous consequences including death. When someone isn't diagnosed properly when addressing their sin, it leads to eternal death. We need to make sure of the diagnosis and be honest with folks when they ask us how to deal with their condition

I gave her some comforting words as she was told it was a drug interaction. I told her what a wise man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) once said "It's not a tumor"! Let's tell folks they're sinners but don't forget to do it in love and give them the remedy too!