Healing Testimony of Joy Hsu

SISTER JOY'S TESTIMONY ON GOD'S HEALING

PREPARATION OF THE HEART

There was a great change in my heart after I had attended a Christian conference in last January. I was enlightened by God about my ways of getting along with people since my youth. This led me to repent before God and be cleansed by Him on a regular basis.

The focus of my belief has been shifted from activities of the church to the presence of God. I began to face my real condition honestly and seriously.

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DISCOVERING THE CANCER

In March the doctor found that I had an ovarian tumor. Soon I underwent an operation and the doctor took out a big tumor 10 by 16 cm, which was later identified as cancer.

One month later, I underwent another operation on my brain, and two metastatic tumors were removed. The diameters of the two tumors were 4 cm and 1 cm, respectively. Then I received a two-week radiation treatment on my head. My hairs started to fall after the treatment.

Later, another tumor of 4.8 cm was found in my pelvis near the hip joint. So I received another radiation treatment on my hip for two weeks in early July.

Finally, the doctor found that the cancer had spread to my lungs and lymph nodes of my shoulder and neck. So I started to receive chemotherapy from July, and it was finished in December.

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NOT TROUBLES BUT BLESSINGS

Although these events came to me all of a sudden, thank God that He has given me His peace and joy. Many brothers and sisters in the church kept on praying for me in tears. God, who is our heavenly Father, comforted us with His gracious words in the Bible:

"For I know the plans I have for you, " declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11)

After the first operation, a sister in the church prayed for me. God gave her a hymn called "The Blessing Of The Lord Is More Than Abundant". Afterward I went to a church service, and the hymn the pastor chose to sing was "The End (Of Blessing) Is Not Yet". Later as more cancers were found in my body, I realized that all these things were not troubles or miseries, but God's blessings. They were educational tools God was using to teach me to trust Him and to know Him better.

Thank God that the two operations were so successful. The brain operation was quite dangerous. It might have hurt the nerve centre for language and motion, or might have resulted in a stroke. God not only protected me from all these, but also brought down a surprising blessing for me. When the doctor removed the tumors from my brain, many worries and anxieties bothering me from my youth were miraculously cut off at the same time. I know God was doing a spiritual operation on me, too.

The night I underwent the brain operation was the Good Friday. By this experience I really understand what does it mean that Jesus Christ took up our infirmities and carried our diseases on the cross.

From that day on, I was not going to worry about the future because I realized that God could keep me and hold me so wonderfully. I was able to read the Bible with a simple faith, and to cast all my burdens to God through prayer.

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GRACE UPON GRACE

During the chemotherapy, I had no side effect at all. My blood count was the same as before. I had a good appetite and slept very well. I didn't even sense that I was a patient in sickness, but felt as if I were on vacation. The cough and pain resulted from cancers disappeared soon after I received the chemotherapy. My strength increased day by day.

God indeed has listened to the brothers' and sisters' prayer, "Lord, please let the drug of the chemotherapy only destroys cancer cells without hurting normal cells." God also reminded me of His words:

"And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name... when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." (Mark 16:17-18)

We thank God so much that results of the latest CT scan, which was taken on Dec. 16, showed that THERE WAS NO VISIBLE CANCER IN MY BODY ANY MORE!

My doctor for chemotherapy is a very kind senior physician. He was so amazed and excited about my improvement. He said, he had been a cancer doctor for 35 years, and had seen tens of thousand of patients, but he had never seen a case like this in many aspects. He said these final results were much better than he had expected, and I was the most encouraging patient that made him happy.

God has truly fulfilled His precious promise for me: "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity." (Luke 13:12).

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TURNING POINT

Once, as I was praying, I thought of an old couple from church. This kind couple is very faithful at attending church services; however, they rarely prayed in public and they didn’t show a thorough knowledge about Christianity. They showed their faith through their love for the church and its members. While I was getting treatment, every time I went to church, this elderly couple would ask me about my health. Although their words were limited, I could feel their love and compassion through their eyes. They treated me as if I were their daughter, and I felt unworthy because I did not know them that well.

That day as I started to pray for this couple, I was brought up to God’s throne in spirit, and while I heard countless people and angels singing new songs and praising God’s salvation, I heard God laughing loudly and happily. His laughing voice resounded in the whole universe. Suddenly, I understood a couple of things: first of all, God is the happiest being in the universe, because everything is in His control and He knows how to deal with each problem. As his children, we have no reason to worry about anything.

Next thing I found is that this couple who seemed ordinary, and even unspiritual in my eyes, made God so happy. This really surprised me and I felt ashamed for my incorrect perspective on spirituality. So in my heart, I asked God, "I am such an unworthy person, why are you letting me know all this? " and God replied immediately, "This is because I want you to walk on this path, and become like them."

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RENEWED IN MIND

This experience made me feel ashamed of my work-oriented goals in the past, and how I emphasized on outward performance. I used to view success as the approval from God and man, but now I realized how wrong it is in accordance with Christ’s salvation. As it is written in the Bible, "What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight. " (Luke 16:15)

Now I understand that outward service, status, occupation, appearance, pride, intelligence, wealth, success, reputation, and respect are meaningless before the Lord’s judgment throne. The only thing that God wants from me is His Son’s likeness. My heart is filled with the repentance and enlightenment from my lack of love for others and my unlikeness of the Lord. But praise the Lord! I can now taste the joy of God’s wonderful salvation.

I now can begin to understand what Paul said: "For I resolved to know nothing… except Jesus Christ and him crucified." I am always a sinner - I need to look upon God’s cross and to hide in His precious blood.

The greatest reward that I incurred during my two years in Canada is the great light and love of Jesus’ cross! How I thank Him for His mercy on a sinner like me. The physical body that Christ healed will still fade away one day, but the new life of God’s work within us will endure forever. May the Lord help us to understand His will and live out His likeness in every circumstance that we face, so that we may satisfy the heart of God.