The Battle is the Lord's, Part 2

I thought you might like to know what happened as I fought this through and went on the church Sunday.

It's funny, but I'm not sure what I was expecting when I got to church. Not that I had doubt in God's ability to touch me, it's just when you are in the middle of something like this, I'm not sure you really think clearly. I know for a fact that I didn't expect what I got!

As Paul, Amie and I walked into the room, there were no seats left except right up front. We made our way down as I held on to Paul for stability. I was still dizzy and vision blurry, etc. Pretty much the same as Saturday. I thought, this is a good thing, maybe I can see the worship songs on the screen. When we settled in, I could see the screen but it was blurry. Praise and worship started and we began to sing. I knew if was going to take all I could just to make it through this. As everyone was singing, I was thinking of sitting down. Instead, something inside me said, "Lift your hands and praise". I looked around to see if someone near me had said that, then raised my hands and began to just thank God for His goodness. As I opened my eyes and looked at the screen, I realized I could see it clearly. I mean no fuzzy, blurry.....very clear. Then I thought about my lightheadedness and turned my head back and forth. I realized I was NOT dizzy. I turned to Paul with tears running down my face and said, "I think I've been healed!"

Well, I don't just think it, I know that God touched me and healed me of whatever it was that was attacking my body. I have had absolutely no dizzyness, no numbeness, no blurred vision since that worship service! Thank you Jesus!

I have been looking for victims all week to tell my story to. I have been thanking God all week for His goodness!

The Battle is the Lords

So, I wake up yesterday morning and get my coffee, sit at the computer to start another day. In about 30 minutes, everything was blurry, I felt very lightheaded and dizzy. When I stood up, I was feeling numbness in my limbs and right side of my face.

Now, if you knew me, you would know that I am a pretty healthy gal. A girl of 53 winters, I have seen my share of health issues, but usually in other people! The first thing that came to mind was that this shall pass. I am thinking as the day wears on it will go away, maybe I slept on my neck wrong, or something like that. As the day went on, I had to take Amie to meet a friend. This same feeling of light and dizzy and almost drunk kept up throughout the day. By 5 last night I decided I had not been able to talk it away, sleep it away and was getting pretty nervous. I ran into emergency and found myself in a room with iv hooked up, getting a cat scan, ekg, and all the other stuff. I was told to follow up with a neurologist on Monday. They said the ct had shown I had some sort of old fracture that is up until now still unexplained.

The meds they gave me made me sleep through the night. My thought was I would be normal by this morning. As I lifted out of bed and tested the water.......I was disappointed to feel the same as I had yesterday! Crap! Give me a break. I have things to do, a family to take care of and a life to live! I thought about laying back down and staying in bed, but my brain would not shut down, so I got up and decided to get ready for church. After all, when you feel off kilter, where would you rather be than in church where something miraculous can happen. Not that it can't right here or in the hospital, but it seems when you get a whole bunch of people together that believe in miracles, they happen!

Here's the crazy part....... I have to put a disclaimer here, I am NOT one that sees visions and dreams dreams. I know people do and I have asked God to give me dreams, just hasn't happened for me. However, this morning as I decided to get to the bath and get ready for church, something happened. It was a chore, every step from getting into the shower to getting dressed. Each move I made, I just wanted to make it in the direction of the bed. Then as I was standing in the mirror putting on a bit of face, instead of seeing my face I was looking at a soldier, in medevial times, putting on his armor and getting ready for battle. Every time I picked up a different piece of make up, I saw a different piece of armor! Suddenly I realized, this is not about how I feel, this is a battle and I am making a choice to fight it. I truly believe that God is saying to me, "Get up and fight". Wow!!! I saw the whole thing at this point. Satan wants to defeat me. He knows that i am on the verge of kicking his butt!

I was dressed, came downstairs waiting for everyone else to dress. A looked up the word battle in the Bible. Duet 20 and this is what God said to me.

Hear O Isreal, today you go up to battle against your enemies. Do not be let your hearts faint, do not be afraid, do not tremble neither be terrified before their faces. For Jehovah your God is He who goes with you to fight for you and to save you.

Well, I am on my way to meet with a bunch of believers at church. I am soooo excited to see how God is going to win this battle for me!

Stormie

We All Need Somebody To Lean On

There are some days.....you know the kind. Something comes down on you and you just need a friend. A real friend. One that will listen and hear what you are saying. But not only that, you need someone to give you something to hold on to, something that will help you get past this thing you have hanging over you. Some friends can listen, some can sympathize, some can even empathize with you. But how many friends do you have that will give you truth and a good word right when you need it the most?

I had to do an inventory of my friends today. I wanted to know who I have in my life that I can spill my guts to and trust to love me and be able to steer me in the right direction if I need it. I also wanted to know who in my life can really touch the heart of God for me. It's not enough that someone can just listen. Anyone can do that! I want to know that in a crisis, I have a friend that can storm Heaven for me. I want to know that I have a friend that will give me good council and knows the word.

On the flip side.....I did an inventory of my own heart. What kind of a friend am I? Do I care? Do I give solid council? Do I really pray when I say I will? Do I really have God's heart for my friends the way I want them to have His heart for me?

Today I had a divine appointment with a friend that was having one of those days. I'm not sure I was ready for what came down. As we spoke, I had to do a "crash" prayer asking God to give me the right words for her. My puny brain was at a loss. God was faithful! But as I left that meeting, I realized how much I needed God. All the time, every day, in every way.

I challenge you to do an inventory of your own self and of your friends.