John,
As I mentioned to you last night, I’ve been having back problems for many months. It’s been difficult to get a good night’s rest because my back will get very stiff and it’s difficult to even roll over. When I’ve been sitting in a chair a while and have to get up, it takes me several steps before I can even stand up straight, etc. I figured it’d get better with time and some nursing, but it hasn’t.
Last night when Tracy and some others came up for prayer, God reminded me of the pearl, “Healing isn’t for the world (or sinners); it’s for the children of God” (or something like that). I had never felt as much as I did last night that healing for our bodies is part of our inheritance in God. He’s given it to us, and it belongs to us. It’s ours!
When I asked you to pray for my back, I felt a warm “rush” come over me and I started sweating. One of the words you used when praying for me was to make my back “erect”, and that’s exactly what the problem has been (I feel like I’ve had an old man’s back in a much younger person’s body). Immediately, the pain in my back was gone. I hadn’t realized how I had always been feeling something back there – pain, discomfort, tightness, etc. – until it was gone. I just didn’t feel anything back there.
I told Carrie when we went to bed last night that sleeping through the night would be the real test, because that’s when it’s the worst. I was rolling back and forth last night like a little kid! I feel like I’ve got a 16 year old back now! Somewhere late in morning when I realized what was going on, I was so excited, I couldn’t go back to sleep. It also normally gets tight and stiff on my way to work in the morning, and I have to “walk it out” when I get out of the car. After getting to work this morning, I popped right out of my car!
I am just amazed, and very thankful, for how God loves us, what He does for us, and so much more.
Praise God!!!
Taylor