The Face of Jesus
From: Story type: Angel Location: West Seneca NY Source: Form Submission Date submitted: Mon Nov 17 13:51:22 2008
At the age of ten, in 1983, the worst but best thing had happened to me. I was diagnosed with bone cancer and was scheduled for surgery in a week. I wasn't scared, but confused to what to expect. The only doctor visit I have had before was the dentist. Will my experience be like going to the dentist, I had thought? No, it would be much more than that I was soon to find out. But as I waited in the car for my father to get back from the store, I couldn't help but pray, "Dear Mary, I don't want an operation".
As simple and short my prayer was, my heart must have spoke loudly. I looked up into the sky and something had caught my eye. It was a dark spot that gradually got larger and closer and as this image got closer it looked like a statue - a still figure - dressed in a white robe. It looke like JESUS! The clouds parted for him in opposite directions and with a blink of an eye I saw only his face the size of the sky. His face was like a white chalk drawing but with more detail than you can imagine - more detail than to be just clouds. I could see his flowing hair, his beautiful caring eyes and his sincere but kind smile. The last thing that I noticed was his crown of thorns and at this time I was unsure to what was around his head, but I could see every thorn.
At this moment I thought I had died and I got alittle frightened. I looked away and rubbed my eyes because I didn't believe what I was seeing.
I looked back up and he was still there. Now I knew what "Awe" was. I've never felt this way before or ever again but I was in great Awe. My fear left me and was replaced with deep love and care from JESUS. My entire body radiated in loving warmth. Then He spoke to me through my mind that I would be okay no matter if I lived or died because he would be with me. This I believe is a message not for me, but eveyone who believes in him.
After this experience, I didn't tell anyone for about 3 months because I thought my experience was sacred, but then realized I should share my experience especially to those who needed to hear it for hope. I've witnessed JESUS!
Since then I've been cured from a rare bone cancer that had given me a 23 percent chance of survival. I was expected to get my leg amputated and shortly die, but I did not. I went through chemotherapy and radiation for 1 and a half years. The doctors could not believe I had survived.
Throughout those difficult times, my vision of JESUS is what gave me strength and paitence to get through my treatments. I never once was afraid, and honestly, because of my vision of him and how awesome that moment was, I don't think I would ever erase my past with cancer knowing that I would not experience him that way. To me, it was worth the suffering that would last a lifetime.
To this day, I have back pain that debilitates me from time to time. Perhaps that is why I saw JESUS with the Crown of Thorns... We all have to suffer in our lives. Give it up to the Lord!