So, i realized after being back east just now that i hadn’t shared about how God has healed me of 3 specific, physical things. i guess they just kinda happened in a way that was part of just the natural of everyday life that, i don’t know, i never really mentioned it to people much – even though i totally have recognized that it was god.
three physical issues have bugged me for some time. one was plantar faciaitus (heel pain). this became especially bad in the summer of 2007 – just after returning from africa. it got to the point that fall where i could barely walk and would even writhe in pain just sitting around. the pain subsided a bit over time, but i still could not walk distances with any freedom.
the other thing was extreme motion sickness. i would get car and plane sick. i was always taking dramamine and then those wonderful 3-day patches. i could even sit in the front seat and get sick sometimes. it was really bad.
then, i had a ski accident (well, i was standing at the top and a friend ran into me as she was kinda just starting to move and it flipped me in such a way that i landed way hard on my butt, thus causing great pain in my back). this back pain or cracked back rib or whatever it was lasted for how long…like 2 1/2 years i guess. it got a bit better, but especially when i would play my guitar, it would flare up – something about that motion set it off i guess.
so, i had prayed for these pains and nuisances to be gone over time. then, i asked for prayer for them specifically (for the first 2 anyway) at church before i left for africa this past june. just felt like i was being obedient to at least be prayed for. sadly, i can’t say that i had a lot of “feeling” faith. yet, one of my big challenges was to really begin seeing things with spiritual eyes – in all areas – and believe for god and who he is – not for what i think should or shouldn’t happen in any given area.
so, i come to uganda – not really thinking much about these issues. and, a few weeks into being here i start to realize…hey, i have FORGOTTEN to take my dramamine. and, i mean, i ride the crazy taxi-van-things everyday. and i realize….wait a minute, i wear flip-flops (footwear i could in no way wear the year prior) ALL the time, as is the custom here, and i don’t feel a thing. wait, i don’t feel a thing!!! then, i start to think…man, i have not had my back bother me at all. and, i play guitar constantly, for hours at a time.
huh. could it be…jesus? haha well, i am thanking and praising god for these healings. it’s so wild b/c i really couldn’t do what i do here in africa with these things being a problem all the time. i would be asleep all the time from taking dramamine, indoors all the time cause i can’t walk, and not able to communicate with the villagers b/c i can’t play guitar. yet, HERE I AM …! god is here.
it is way cool and thank him. and, don’t even get me started on the emotional, spiritual healings and growing ups since taking the step to be here. they are the same way, though. i just don’t have the emotional ram (as i call it) living here to carry so many things and issues i used to carry. i love people and care about people and always desire and am open to reconciliation and god’s best in all things, but i won’t make it here carrying stuff around with me all the time. seeing with spiritual eyes truly is freeing and healing. it is up to god to take care of things – not my belief for it, not my trying to make it happen, not anything about me. it is up to god.
