Amber Tamblyn plays Joan Giradi, a high school junior developing an intimate relationship with God in the show Joan of Arcadia. However, there is a slight problem; Joan is afraid to tell anyone. In the finale of season 1, Joan musters up the courage to tell her boyfriend Adam after being diagnosed with Lyme Disease.
Unfortunately, Adam thinks she has been hallucinating, a common symptom for someone in her condition. After talking with her parents in the hospital, Joan begins to think her conversations with God were just a dream. Struggling to come to grips with her diagnosis, Joan is forced to trust God in The Silence, the title of episode 23.
I too contracted Lyme Disease about 12 years ago, the worst I have ever felt before receiving drugs to deaden the pain. Like Joan, I am also learning to trust God in the silence of not knowing where or when I will begin my next full time job. As darkness sets on another day, I am praying that someday soon God will open a new door, give me vision for the future or send me someone with wisdom to pierce through the darkness I am experiencing.
As for now, all I can muster up are the words from Isaiah 6:8. “Here I am Lord, send me” hope as a light to guide me along the narrow path. Or perhaps some popcorn to remind me been there done that! I know there is light at the end of this tunnel, but I hope I am not in the wrong tunnel.
By Jay Mankus
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