Being ill was something that never came as a surprise to my family or those around me because, for as long as I can remember, I was always a sick child. While some of the illnesses were because of my poor feeding habit, inherited or overdose on certain drugs, I cannot really tell how the others came about. Growing up, every month came with a new kind of illness for me – it was scary.
As far as I can remember, I have had some issue or the other with almost every part of my body – except for some internal organs, of course.
When I came to God’s Lighthouse, my healing began. For some, it was quick; for others, I had to trust God during my healing period. A major lesson I learnt was to trust God to heal even the seemingly insignificant things. I mean, God healed me of illnesses I had thought I would live with for the rest of my life.
Healing from migraines
I had migraines for as long as I can remember, and I can only date it back to when I was in primary school. For a while, my parents thought that I had to go through such excruciating pain because of my eyes. Whenever those episodes came, I avoided everything that had light and sound; there was the urge to throw up and everything was always irritating to me.
It used to be so painful that I could not cry properly – I did not dare cry properly. I used to just lie like a corpse on my bed with tears rolling down my eyes, and my head tied really hard with some scarf.
During those periods, I took as many painkillers as possible but the pains just never went away. At a point, the painkillers prescribed to me were way stronger than the former. I also was abusing the drugs because I thought more doses meant more effectiveness.
Before I came to God’s Lighthouse in October 2019, I was not attending any church anymore. My excuse amongst other things was that I could not stand the loud sounds in churches anymore. Even though those loud sounds only gave me slight headaches, I just did not want anything hurting my head.
When I finally came to God’s Lighthouse, (I think) my healing began with how peaceful the meetings were; of course, there were times of intense worship and prayers but it felt peaceful. I honestly do not know when my healing came but I remember that, in 2022, I had a slight headache and I was about to complain about how uneasy I was feeling.
Then, it dawned on me that my head used to be a battleground with loud drum sounds and I had experienced peace for a long time without knowing. It did not feel real. The slight headache I was going to complain about became nothing to me as I realised that I had been ungrateful. The healing was too quiet for me to have noticed. I thank God that, till today, I have not had to experience any scary migraine episode.
To Be Continued…
Miraculous Monday: 20th May 2024
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