Life doesn’t always go as you expect, especially when you have faced an illness, disease, or difficult report. You think it’s over but the enemy says no, it’s not.
After the loss of my mom and husband early in 2020, I was diagnosed with cancer. Going through treatment, etc., it seemed I was in the clear until the early days of 2025 when my oncologist found a ladybug-sized random spot in my armpit.
A ladybug with poor direction skills.
Ladybugs are supposed to be good luck – not this one!
I kept hearing the children’s song, “Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home!
This ladybug wasn’t moving.
Did I want to face surgery again? No!
Did I believe God could heal me? Absolutely Yes!
The Lord decided surgery was the way the ladybug would be removed. There were those who needed to be blessed and to see the joy of the Lord in me.
My heavenly Father carried me to and through a place I didn’t want to go. As I spoke hope and joy to the medical team, the Lord blessed me, too.
With words of scripture, the promises of God, He reassured me that I was exactly where I was supposed to be.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path” (Proverbs 3:5-6).
A year later, the doctors declared me cancer-free!
WON & DONE is the Lord’s battle cry! It can be your battle cry, too.
Barbara Hollace