http://www.goingtojesus.com/site/php/savingstrength.html
http://www.pioneertract.com/tracts/52_RenewedStrength.pdf
Pastor John,
For years, I’ve wrestled with fatigue. Sometimes it gets so bad I hardly have the strength to speak. I get just plain worn out, from activities or exercise that normal people do everyday. It’s a debilitating fatigue that is deep inside; not just simply being tired or drowsy. It’s a terrible “drained” feeling; and a weakness at later hours in the day. That’s why I finally went to see some specialists and get blood work—to check my thyroid, and my blood sugar levels, and my hormone levels. The thyroid and glucose tests turned out surprisingly positive, with only a hint of high-blood-sugar issues. The latter tests I have postponed, because I am now feeling better!
But It started to get worse the week before Mother’s Day, May 11th, then became much worse by May 14th, and on Thursday, the 15th, I had a touch from Jesus. . . a BIG touch. . .
I found some GCC tracts: Saving Strength and Renewed Strength. Had never read them before. Don’t recall ever seeing them before, but there they were; I had printed them from the PTS website, apparently, perhaps a year ago, they were in a box of office papers and stuff that I’d put in the garage. I was searching in this box for some memories for Molly’s scrapbook and Jesus put those tracts right smack dab in my path. They intrigued me. So I read them. I wept. I praised God ! They were the answer to my malaise. So I prayed and worshipped God. I felt the power of God upon me, like a heavy, comforting embrace. And then—a release. And I suddenly felt better. . . almost completely delivered from the previous symptoms. What a RELIEF!!! I went about my day…confident in Christ…and the fatigue has not returned since. In fact, I worked so hard at the retail store on Monday I thought I’d have a heart attack, from the extreme cardio exercise (stocking outdoor recreational equipment and shoving boxes around in the warehouse), but at the end of my 8 hour shift, I felt okay. Really okay. I went to Patty’s that night for OT study and I felt energized–especially after your OT preaching on the Tabernacle.
It’s all GOD. It’s HIS strength. If we stay IN HIM, we have health. . . and strength. It’s that simple.
I’m going to trust that from now on.
I never realized it till I read your father’s eloquent faith-filled writings. He was such a sweet man of God.
Brad