I know you guys have heard this a million times but this is for the ones who have not :)
About six months ago, I got diagnosed with a heart condition that meant the valves in my heart were smaller than average and had trouble pumping blood constantly. Sometimes I would get what was called “episodes” were my heart would just give up and I would get a sharp pain from my heart followed by my left arm going dead and being unable to breathe etc. I was on medication to control these episodes but not for the condition itself.
About two months ago I got told by the doctors that the valves were for some reason shrinking and I would need a heart transplant and they cannot fix my heart and was given up to a year to get one. A month later my condition was worsening so they priority listed me and told me I would have to get the heart transplant within 6 months or I would quite possibly die. The sad part being even if I did get a new heart my chances of living were for no more than another 10 years; being 20 that really sucked.
I had such a strong support group of people from church and elsewhere who supported me and prayed for me and kept me strong through the whole thing, but it really did seem like the more we prayed about it all, the more ill I was getting; such to the point at I eventually kind of said fine God do whatever concentrated on other aspects of my faith.
The life course weekend came around; Eastbourne was amazing; I felt like I had an amazing experience with God focusing on everything else except for my health. On our way back on the train I had another one of my episodes and freaked everyone out a little bit :) We came straight from the train station to church. At the end of the service John asked for someone to come up for prayer if they had a tingly sensation in their hand connected to a heart problem, and I conveniently ignored this request because I had been prayed for and not healed and I was too tired to deal with it at that point.
After a little “persuasion” (did not demand I go to the front whatsoever) from Rach I was prayed for by a number of people including Rach and Jenny. I knew something happened I experienced the Holy Spirit like I had never before and by the end I was convinced I was healed.
Next morning, I went for my check up as I do every Monday, and my doctor did an ECG said my readings were different from usual and did a sonogram for my heart called and Echo, and turned to me and said, I do not know how to tell u this but there is nothing wrong with your heart.
There was no medical explanation to what happened, but nothing short of a new heart would make me better and now my heart is as good as new. It came at a perfect time, when I actually stopped slacking and started doing what God wanted in other aspects of my life.
It has been just under a month now been for three checkups and they asked me to come every three months now because it is a waste of money to see a person who is healthy every week. I am of course off the transplant list. I am well and healthy.
Sorry this was so long, but God did something truly amazing in my life, from being told I could only live another 10 years if I was really lucky (and knowing I would not be able to have what I have always wanted and dreamt of in life) to be given my whole life back is amazing. I feel loved. God is good he never fails; it is just up to us to be patient.
Ah, so awesome.
God Bless,
L x
