“Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;  who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.” Acts 3:3-10

This is my story of healing!

I ask that you read it with a open heart and mind, as all I can do is share my story about my experience.

On November 10^th I hobbled into church with a cane, tightness from hip to knee, horrible throbbing pain in my knee, and a cold calf from poor circulation. That evening I put my cane in the car and haven’t needed it since! I danced out of the church with a warm calf, no pain, and no tightness!

In June I did what I always do, and injured my knee in an impossibly stupid way! Since then its been worker comp phone calls, several doctors appointments, constant pain, physical therapy and no answers or improvement! Since June I’ve been walking with either a cane or a crutch, in constant pain, unable to do much! I’ve been without work, and not sure where to apply with my disability. I was seeing no improvement with physical therapy, home exercises, and we were finally talking about surgery. I was at my wits end, tired of the pain and frustration, and lost to a solution!

I have heard stories about God healing people, first hand accounts from trusted friends, and I’ve even felt the anointing of the gift of healing in my own life. I’ve had people praying healing over my knee but nothing ever stuck. I had yet to witness anyone being healed, and if I am being totally honest I had doubts. I was hesitant about being healed in my own body. I would talk about healing and how I believed in it, or even venture to say that God healed me of suicidal ideation, but still held doubt in my heart…… until now!

On November 10^th I attended an event at my church called Freedom Day, a day to bring everything in our lives to the foot of the cross and allow God to bring us freedom. Throughout the day I was expectant of what God was going to do, and to be honest I had my own agenda and idea of what he was going to show me. Little did I know what he really was going to do!

During the last session of the evening, during a time of application, my friend Amber asked if she could pray over me. I shrugged my shoulders and said “Why not?” I was a little disappointed because I really wanted to heal someone, and didn’t want to be prayed over. But I couldn’t deny her the opportunity. So somewhat reluctantly I let her pray over my knee. And everything was going fine, we were just praying, then I felt a sudden warmth and almost like a rush of wind go through me and I realized that someone else had joined us. I looked down and saw my friend Alison kneeled with us and I thought “Oh man, things are about to go down!!”

See Alison had a reputation, people got healed when she prayed! So as they were praying I suddenly felt something different…. My muscles were starting to move involuntarily. My knee was popping in and out of joint. I could feel the knots in my thigh start to loosen, and the pain was migrating…… warmth started returning to my calf.

Alison stood up and she was sobbing, weeping over me. She said that she was just overwhelmed with compassion and righteous anger. That God is distraught and pained over the attacks the enemy had been inflicting on me, trying to stop me from doing what I was called to do. It felt like a balloon had burst, like everything was suddenly making sense and I too started to weep. As she and Amber prayed I could feel my knee and my heart being restored.

When they had finished my pain was gone, my calf was warm to the touch, and I could walk without a limp!!!! This prayer took 20 minutes, that is it…. MINUTES!! I took my cane to my car, threw it in the back seat and skipped back into the church!! I couldn’t believe it!

I am not someone who goes around making up stories, or talking about radical things. I am a person who speaks truth about things I have witnessed, felt, and experienced! I am not drawn by crowds and mob mentality! I do research and I discuss and read before I form an opinion! I can only tell my story and hope that others feel inspired by the truth of what I say!

I am here to say that a few weeks ago I didn’t know if I believed in God’s healing power, but I do now!!! I was healed! I am WALKING and DANCING!!! On November 18^th I walked up and down a steep hill and many stairs over 1.5 miles and my knee didn’t hurt at all!!! Something I have been unable to do for months! I can’t stop telling everyone the story of my healing! I am overflowing with amazing gratitude and seriously my mind is blown!!!

When I had my follow up appointment with my doctor I was nervous! What was I going to tell him? Well…. The truth! Was he going to believe me? I wasn’t sure, but that wasn’t up to me! So I tell my story to the nurse who kind of raises and eyebrow and says “um okay I’ll let the doctor know….” And when my doctor came into the room, I felt peace, and after I told him my story he smiled and said “You know sometimes that’s all we need to do, step aside and let God handle it!” I swear my jaw hit the floor!!! That was NOT what I was expecting. He went on to say he was part of healing ministries and is so happy that I found healing, no matter what the means! I was so blown away! And then I received in the mail a copy of his report, and he told my story on an official report that is going in my medical records, and to the workers Compensation department AND the insurance adjuster assigned to my case!

God is so much bigger than our little human minds can comprehend! He is so much bigger than our doubts and our worries and our problems! He does things in HIS time and HIS way and nothing we do or say or think can stop him! All you need to do is show up, have just a mustard seed of faith, and HE will do the rest! And so I am going to RUN into the New year and into his amazing purpose for me!