On our third day in Washington D.C., I woke up with an aching sickness that was really hard to understand. I felt motion sick, heavy in the head, major back pain, & a weakness that took over my entire body. I had no previous symptoms that led to this, & I knew the enemy was trying to hinder me from going on the world race. I told my parents to tour the day away & let me rest in the hotel.
The second my parents left, I turned up the worship music & prayed all day!! It was miserably awesome ha ha. Sick & in the presence of the Lord is something I will never forget. Its a constant spiritual battle mentally & physically. Just knowing the Lord's there during the pain, the strife, is something to rejoice in!! One of my good girl friends on the race, Drianna Litton, offered to come pray over me in my bed at the hotel. She walked into the hotel room & said, "Ok, the second I walked in here I felt dizzy." I immediately grinned because thats how the sickness made me feel all morning. It was just one more confirmation that the enemy was trying to get into my body. He was trying to surround me, bring me down, burn every hope, & kill every desire for me to go on the race. The enemy tries every way to steal, kill, & destroy our life, Christ's love, out of us in the blink of an eye. He's a sneaky lil old fart that always thinks he's going to win. Ha ha ha HELL NO HE NEVER WILL!
Drianna started praying & like many times before, I felt the Holy Spirit move in me. Goose bumps began to fill my entire body. Not in a major cooling sensation, but almost a warmth that the Lord's goodness was surrounding me, hugging me, letting me know of His presence. I felt my headache lift away, pain in my back vanish, and an energy be restored in my body. I immediately got up and danced around a bit, so ecstatic by the Lord's love for me! Praise Him!!!! Also — Drianna told me that while she was praying, she saw a rainbow! Ha ha if you've read my other blog, "Troubles Melt Like Lemon Drops," you will see that a rainbow is a symbol the Lord has used in my life to remind me of His promises. Cancer free promises! So good!!
We called my parents & met them @ the Air & Space museum in downtown D.C. to finish the day with some touring. It was about 30-45 minutes after I was healed that I felt a slight headache come back. All I could think was, "But Lord, I thought you healed me? Why is it coming back?" The enemy was getting into my thoughts, & trying to make me doubt the Lord's power. Of course He would, isn't that the enemy's ultimate goal? Why am I doubting? I know the Lord's power. He is the same today, yesterday, and forever. I know He is my healer. I was healed. I was!
At the end of the day, I ended up back in the hotel room ordering room service & sleeping the night away more sick than I was before. The enemy was trying harder & harder to bring me down. He wasn't going to give up. Ha ha & neither were my prayer warriors!! I awoke later in the night to my parents coming back from dinner, & my mother telling me of all of her wonderful friends praying for me back home. It was an endless list, & I couldn't believe all of the prayers the Lord was hearing for me. I finally dozed off to the most restless night of sleep of my life. My back killed, & I felt dizzy all night long.
Well guess what? I woke up the next morning completely healed!!! Ha ha it was the day we were meeting everyone for launch, & I could not be more ecstatic. If I really was "sick," usually it does not disappear over night, right? I was completely made new, headache was gone, sickness had fled, and pain in my back disappeared once more. And it stayed away!! I knew it was healing from the Lord. I was reminded once more of His promises. And the funny thing? I was not bitter that He did not heal me completely the first time. It says in Mark when Jesus healed the blind man that he prayed over him twice. Twice. Why would Jesus have to pray twice?
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit in his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
Mark 8:22-26
This is the only case recorded in the word where Jesus laid hands on a person more than once. Why? Because of the unbelief of the city of Bethsaida where he resided. He was filled with doubt concerning the ability of Jesus to heal him. Being separated from the people of the city allowed him to open himself up, although with skepticism, to the healing power of God. Once he could see partially, he resolved himself to being healed completely. Jesus did not lay hands on this man twice to release more of God’s power. God's full power was in manifestation. Jesus prayed twice because the man was now more open to God's healing power.
Ha ha ha! Yes Lord! You wanted me to see more of you, to have more trust in you, & to completely believe the power you have in healing. I know you are my healer, my savior my everything. You came into this world to not only show your love for us, but to show us of your goodness and your perfect life that you planned for us in the garden: full of health, beauty, & peace.
I know a lot of you will throw this out the window & begin to make excuses that yeah sure Jesus heals, but maybe it was from some other natural way that you were healed. I don't care, I just know what the Lord did for me, & He keeps on proving it to me each & every day that I submit to Him. All it takes is faith of a mustard seed (VERY LITTLE) and He will begin to add more & more of His goodness into your life. Ask Him to show you. Go out and pray over someone!! You will see healing whether it be physical or spiritual. If you walk in love, & become love, love never fails. Therefore if you go out in love, & pray over people with love, the Lord will not fail to show up in a miraculous spiritual way.
Check out my next blog for what happened next!!
