Testimony of Healing November 6, 2000 Issue

Prayer ends recurring pain

Maureen C. Pearson

I was out shopping when I felt a shot of pain through my big toe. I didn't pay any attention to it or to the subsequent painful jabs until some weeks later while I was swimming at the beach. While arching my foot, I was again gripped with intense pain. I sat in the sea and reached out to God in prayer. I affirmed that pain is no part of God's creation. He did not make it. The Bible says, "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good" (Gen. 1:31). God made me. He made me spiritual and perfect. As His image and likeness, I knew there was good in store for me always. I'm not sure how long I prayed like this, but in a short time the pain ceased. I was so grateful for this healing and thought that it was now finished.

Several days later, however, I felt a faint tingling in my toe, and during the weeks that followed, the tingling sensation slowly began to spread through my entire foot. I was afraid that some disease was developing and that I was powerless to stop it. I realized that I had to take a firm stand. I believed in God's healing power. I had proved it many times before, and I knew that I could prove it now.

As I prayed, I uncovered a fear that lurked in my memory. I had read a number of books as a young girl that described a painful foot condition. This image had remained with me as a latent fear. To rid myself of it, I affirmed the truth, that sickness has no reality. God, who is entirely good, created everything and everyone. His creation is sound. No disease has ever entered it.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Article

TELL US ABOUT YOUR HEALING