Diagnosis?

A friend was talking about her son and how they don't have a diagnosis of his medical condition and I couldn't get my mind off of the word diagnosis. God was speaking to me in a very strong way while she was talking and others were praying. 

It was as if the word- Diagnosis was made out of huge Blow up letters like the ones my teacher used to teach us the alphabet when I was in kindergarten. It was huge in my head. I kept asking the Lord, what is it? I wracked my concious mind for a definition that was different than just the explaination of a medical condition. I thought of the word in parts- Diag- diagonal? osis? Greek for umm...not sure.

Then right there in the middle of prayer I got my Macbook out and googled it...the first definition that popped up?

 Discernment.

So the funny thing about this is that I would say that I have a very strong gift of discernment.  I have spent much of my life learning how to deal with what I see and feel in situations...mostly through trial and error.  I remember as a young Christian I would just act on what I saw or felt because I thought it was widely understood.  This has also made me very sensitive to the spiritual atmosphere, which I didn't know until I went with a friend to Deep Elum in Dallas and hung out with vampires so we could minister to them. I was so over stimulated in my spirit, I almost didn't know what to do.

Is it any wonder that I spent EIGHT YEARS pursuing a career in medicine? However, tt seems like there are more ways than one to be a part of helping with a Diagnosis, since I seem to use it often in my current line of work (ministry).  There is alot to unpack in this one word, and I haven't even scratched the surface, but I wanted to share.

So...diagnosis is discernment....the Greek language is simply facinating!

Comments

[Katy]

ooooo i didn't know that! love that definition. so interesting.