Now I have had an earache that has been bothering me off and on for several weeks. Actually, I think it started when I had pneumonia last January, because that is when I first noticed it. Most of the time it doesn’t bother me, but I can always tell when my immune system is stressed or when I am over tired – the left ear starts to ache, the pressure starts to build inside my ear, and the ear starts to drain into my throat. So as the earache has gotten sharper recently, the molars on the left side of my mouth have been aching as well. I could never tell if there was ever anything wrong with them, because it came and went too, and always with the earache. So I wondered if it was just radiating pain from the ear, not really from my teeth.
So anyway, Saturday before church the pain was intense. Which was so weird, because it didn’t bother me all day at all. So I asked Dad to pray for me, and he did, and the pain left my ear, then came back later in my top left molar. The ear was totally fine though. So I asked Dad to pray for me again, and he did, and the pain left, and came back later into the bottom left molar. By now I was beginning to wonder if there was a spiritual root to it, since it seemed to me that if there was something physically wrong, then why the musical chairs with the pain? I mean, if there was something wrong with my ear, then why would the pain go away and come back later somewhere else?
So it has been doing this all weekend – I would be fine, then the pain would be overwhelming, then after I or someone prayed over me, it would be gone from anywhere for a few minutes to hours. So I had been fine all morning, then on the way to the Bible study the pain ramped up again. And I thought, “What is it about church? Every time I get ready to go to something there, the pain ramps up to an extreme level.” Now while the speaker was talking, I just happened to put my hand on the left side of my neck, and there was a huge, hard lump there. So I thought – my lymph glands are full of infection. Which didn’t make sense to me, because I am just finishing a detox. Usually the detox gives your immune system such a boost that anything hanging on in the fringes gets eradicated, which is why I like to do one before winter sets in.
So since they had a time for prayer at the end, I went up and one of the ladies prayed over me for the infection to just be gone in the name of Jesus. Kellie was standing behind me, because the presence of the Lord was so strong at that moment that my knees started to buckle. I really did feel as if I was off my feet, and someone was holding me up. Aunt Kellie will have to add her comments, since I can’t quite remember what she told me afterwards. I do remember that she said that while the lady was praying for me, heat was blasting out of me through my back.
Anyway, long story longer, the pain and pressure started dissipating at that moment, and even more amazing, I felt my neck, and the hard lump was completely gone. Gone, in a single instant! It had been hard as a rock and the size of a quarter at least! So glory be to God, who took care of me, since He knows how much I hate hate hate antibiotics!
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