For those who have been praying for
my health, who have brought us food and taken my kids to various activities, I
want to say a deep, heart-felt THANK YOU. These past few months have been
challenging, to say the least. BUT, joy comes in the morning! God used each and
every one of you in a mighty way! I hope this update gives you a renewed sense
of hope and will serve to strengthen your faith, as it has mine.
Over the past few months, as I have struggled to balance all
my medications, I have watched my lab test numbers s-l-o-w-l-y drop. (Normal range is 0-200. At my worst point, I was at 3000. With meds,
that only dropped by about 100 each week.) I still had the same unexplained, painful spot on
my lung that I had had for four years, which limited my ability to breathe deeply, do any sort of rigorous
activity, and generally caused discomfort. I had also recently started getting terrible,
debilitating stomach aches after each meal that felt like I had a rock in my
stomach. With labs every two weeks, I watched my numbers crawl, getting more
discouraged every time. I was facing months of this misery. That is,
until a few weeks ago.
At a women's retreat, I was talking
with a lady whom I had just met who had struggled with significant medical
issues in her past. She asked if she could pray over me. During that prayer,
she asked God to "restore the years the locust has eaten". After
talking and crying and praying for a while, we hugged and went on with the
weekend's activities. When I returned home, I had an email waiting for me. You
see, the morning I left for the retreat I emailed one of my kid's teachers to
discuss some issues with her. In her response (that I received the day I got
home from the retreat) she also asked God to "restore the years the locust
has eaten". I broke down into tears. God was speaking directly to my
heart! Two completely unrelated women. Two completely unrelated events. ONE
MIGHTY PROMISE FROM GOD!
Well, let me tell you, GOD STILL
HEALS TODAY! From that point on, the painful rock in my stomach never returned,
the pain in my lung VANISHED, and later that week when I had my bi-weekly labs
done, my numbers had dropped from 1283 to 285! 1000 points in two weeks!!! Today, I went in for my
check-up. The doctor was ecstatic about my numbers and completely flabbergasted
when he listened to my lungs! He had me take numerous deep breaths and kept
saying, "It's gone... I can't believe it! It's gone."
I believe it.
I had been facing months and months
of close to 20 pills a day with all associated side-effects. Today, I was given
the go-ahead to begin tapering my meds down.
THE END IS IN SIGHT!
I cannot tell you how much joy fills
my soul right now!
So again, to each of you who have
checked on me, prayed for me, helped with my kids, cooked us meals, driven me
places, hugged me, loved on me on those really difficult days, I cannot say
THANK YOU enough.
And above all, THANK YOU,
Jehovah-Rapha...my God who Heals!
