Healed from More Migraines- Praise Our Precious LORD!
Healing from
migraines for Donna via the Lord through laying on of hands and prayer of
Christian Women
My prayer and hope is that this true story of the terrible migraines that I,
and also my family suffered with me for so many years, will help someone to
have hope, to take a step forward to ask for prayer at a good church and with
Christian friends who believe in the miracles of healing through our Lord Jesus
Christ. This includes, most certainly, His abundant love and provision through
true healing peoples He has gifted with degrees in medicine and other bonafide,
good (nothing bogus or of evil) means of helping people get well or be
cured/healed. I still have many conditions, and I know people suffer far
more than I have, so I do not want to be self-centered, but we need to boast of
the LORD! He wants His children to be well!! Thank you so much, God, for your
compassion for us and for the ways you bring healing and comfort from illness.
You want us to be whole in all ways...spiritually in You through Jesus
Christ, Your Son, the Savior- our Savior; physically so that we may be
happy to help others as we help ourselves; in our minds and hearts- to
be sound and of good spirit.
To Have an Understanding of the
Situation
I had suffered with
chronic migraine headaches for 23 years. We had tried
everything it seemed- medications galore, a few homeopathic or
herbal/supplemental medicines; chiropractic; medical acupuncture by an M.D.
(medical doctor) who had been trained in Asia by experts; relaxation techniques
including biofeedback; healing touch/therapeutic touch from a registered nurse
who is a Christian woman, and on the list goes. Our family, friends, and church
had prayed for me for many years.
I was in my young 30's
then, and I am in my mid-60's now.
The migraines really
started and became full blown, at age 33, when our little daughter was not much
more than two, then persisted throughout my pregnancy with our younger child,
and onward for many years. Only the medications and God's good grace and mercy
helped me to maintain any quality of life whatsoever...of course, my
precious and loving husband stood by me without fail.
In order to get
better, I hoped, and to function, I tried good and proven methods to rid myself
of these devastating headaches. I saw my regular doctor, neurologists, a
psychiatrist at one time, and had counseling therapy to find the root of the
cause, any reasonable recourse to get better. The migraines and their episodes
could last for a day, overnight, and many times for 1-3 days at a time,
sometimes having 2-3 major episodes/month. Toward the end years of these
migraines, I was constantly having the migraine, recovering from it, or getting
yet another one. The medications helped
a bit, but even combinations of drugs never got rid of the ghastly migraines,
barely touched them, or most certainly- did not cure them.
It is only through the
compassion of God with good medical help that I was able to function as a
part-time teacher and special educator, a mother, and a wife and person~~~ to
have some semblance of a normal life with a family and responsibilities. I
cannot tell you how many meetings or dates with a friend or to a function
that I had that I was forced to cancel; I hated doing that- letting people
down, disappointing both them and myself, especially when it had to do with my
children and family, such as a weekend drive to spend time with our parents and
siblings.
I must mention the
guilt that folks suffer who have debilitating, ongoing illnesses. You fuss, are
irritable, become upset, are frustrated, worry, and you begin to think the
illness is your fault- or at best, what else could I do to get better? If you suffer a debilitating
illness, please, do NOT think along the lines of blaming
yourself or get caught up in what others may think or say; all of that does not
matter. (Most people are far more understanding than we realize or
give them credit, especially if they have hard times of their own and are not
self-righteous.) YOU know if you suffer extreme illness or condition, God
knows, and I hope you have at least one understanding friend or loved one.
I know my husband got
discouraged, but he was loving and very caring and only wanted me to get
better. We prayed a lot. People were great! They knew me, and they knew as well
as one could, that I truly wanted to come and to be well, to help and
participate at the various goings-on! The Lord helped me to accomplish and do
quite a bit...I was able to be Room Mom for each of our children, alternating
each year for our daughter's classroom, then for our son's class.
I want to say how much
God truly watched over me and mine throughout these times! The headaches tended
to start when I woke up, or by the afternoon, so I could teach half-time in the
morning, do errands, go home to prepare for our daughter and son to return from
school, pick them up from school as necessary, and then get home before I was
so sick that I had to stay in bed to recover. I have realized over and over again
how the Lord God just worked out all those details before me and for me (making
His magnificently orchestrated pathway) with schools, administrations, other
teachers, a dozen more things, and some things He managed I will never know
unless He shows me them in Heaven. How thankful I am to my Lord! His mercies
are new each day, just as the Bible says!
Sometimes I felt as
though I was raising our two children from the couch or bed, although the Lord
gave us a good life~ love and our faith. I could not have done it without the
man I married, whom I am absolutely sure God found for me; he is the earthly
rock of my life! As I said, God allowed me to work part-time; we really needed
two full-time incomes, but I look back and think: what would our home have been
like with all the stresses that families have, I think especially today, and
that they must endure~ if I had worked full-time?
In retrospect, the
migraines kept me from working full-time, which might have brought our house
completely down.
~The Incredible
Power of Prayer to God!~
I was and still to this day am
very, very close friends with dearest Christian women,Vicky Thomas and
Jan Bracken, sisters-at-heart in the Word of God; and Michele Cole, dear ministering lady
of the Lord and friend in the faith, who expanded my awareness about God, the
not-putting-Him-in-a-box-kind of faith; like our friend Joni Ames had told me
once (don't put God in a box). They are each and all Friends and Mentors in Christ.
Enter the three of us, Vicky, Jan,
and me~~~ who
wanted to grow closer to God, through diving into our Bible, in worshipping
Him, and learning more about this thing called prayer and to pray for people.
As we grew, the Holy Spirit opened more yearning within us to desire helping
lead people to Jesus as their Lord and Savior, to share the Good News, the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. We prayed many times one to two hours or more, and we
prayed for people we knew of, who needed help: family, friends, church, work,
friends of friends, people we had heard about, our nation, the world and its
peoples, and specific people we did not know whatsoever. We prayed for their
belief in Jesus Christ, helps from the Lord in health, provision, with
relationships, their children; we could be very specific or more general, often
asking God's will for this person or situation.
We prayed for the salvation of our
children, grandchildren, future generations, folks at church, and many specific
people who had come to our attention. We had tremendous outcomes that we noted
and rejoiced in! Some, we never knew for sure what happened. Being present with
God, through the Holy Spirit, there was a free-flowing openness with love and
fellowship/friendship, and we learned what it could mean to be sisters in the
Lord, Prayer Warriors, and fellow disciples of Christ.
Along the way we discovered many
aspects of our Lord and how He desires communication with us; He wants a
closeness and dependence upon Him as our Father, Savior and Holy Spirit. He
will take the problem away, help us to go around it, walk us though it-
including carrying us, or ultimately, He will take us Home to Heaven to be with
Himself. We learned that it is the Holy Spirit who woos us to Himself to want
to ask Jesus into our hearts, minds, and lives~~~ and so He wants to teach, to
guide, and to prepare us for His Kingdom! ~~~"Just a closer walk with Thee"~~~
God wants us to know Him.
When we are weak, He is strong. He
makes the foolish- wise, and many times, vice versa: the wise to be confounded
so that they may rely, need, and be close to Him (if they are wise to realize- they NEED the LORD).
~The Lord Moves
in our Hearts and Minds~
Vicky, who had opened her house
for us to meet weekly, had a younger woman she was mentoring in the Lord Jesus
Christ. This younger woman is Michele
Cole.
Michele had answered a
call from the Lord God one day when she was out driving and working,
and God told her in her mind to go to Vicky's to lay hands on Vicky's back and
to pray for healing in that area where Vicky had been injured much earlier in life. (Vicky had/has many areas where she suffered injury and pain.) Michele
phoned Vicky to come over; later, each had said that she was tired, not really
wanting to get together that day, but they wanted to be obedient to God's
calling (in their hearts and minds). After
Michele prayed that day by laying her hands on Vicky's lower
back area, Vicky has never had to have another radio frequency ablation that
she had been undergoing for a long time to squelch that particular pain, and
she no longer suffers from terrible lower back pain.
After Vicky knew for
sure within 3 days that God had healed her lower back, she told me, and I said
with much feeling, "I want that for myself!!" I asked Vicky what I
should do, and she gave me Michele's phone number and said to call and ask her.
I did so. Michele asked me to pray about this, and that she would be praying,
also. I am not sure how we ended the conversation, except that I said that I
would pray, and I thought she was going to call me. Indeed, I prayed, and it
was several days later, and I was getting somewhat frustrated and even a little
bit angry that I had not heard back from Michele yet! I decided that I was
going to wrestle like Jacob had with the Angel of the LORD (Jesus Christ). I am
not at all sure if I were fighting with God, Michele, or myself. Jealousy,
during my life, had been a problem for me from time-to-time. I would think,
"Why won't Michele do this for me? She came for Vicky." In the
natural, I realized that Michele and Vicky were close friends, and I knew that
Michele and I were only acquaintances! A
week passed, and I went to our Wednesday group of prayer and Bible study. A lovely lady of the Lord named Beth had joined us that day; she had come to our Wednesday group for a short period of time. I had been praying that Michele would come that day
and pray for me! During the beginning of the meeting, Vicky said that Michele
was coming, and I was thrilled and filled with expectation! Michele was obedient to the Lord's call, and I know she had prayed beforehand, also.
Please be sure to see the Note***, ^^^References to people/blogs/writings, and ****Further Notes toward the end of today’s posting.
Please be sure to see the Note***, ^^^References to people/blogs/writings, and ****Further Notes toward the end of today’s posting.
The Healing:
Michele came in toward the end of our
time together at Vicky's where we had been singing, praying and studying, and
Michele said that she would wait until the end to pray for me. Before we
started, we seemed to all take a deep breath. Michele said that on her way
over, God had dropped the word to her, "emotion." Michele asked each of us to
take a moment as we first gathered, to ask God quietly/silently to forgive
any sin in our life. All the ladies and Michele put their hands upon me.
Michele had her hands upon my head, and she began to pray for the LORD to heal
me of the migraines. The time that passed, how long, I am not certain. It
seemed to be a while: 10-15 minutes or perhaps, much more. It was intense, and
the air was heavy as I remember. Michele would ask me after each prayer for
health/healing how I was feeling. I kept my eyes closed the whole time, and I
remember at first saying that I did not feel worthy, and I began to cry. Vicky
and Michele, Jan and Beth in their minds were silently praying to
God for Him to help me, to heal these migraines completely; They reassured me that God wanted me to be
healed of this sickness.
I said that I was so tired of taking care of my mother who in a nursing home for 7 years with Alzheimer's; she has passed on to Glory in Heaven 7 1/2 years ago now. I have since she passed away, never regretted a moment of time I spent with her whatsoever :) During the prayer, I spoke of when I was little, and even though I was the younger, it seemed I ended up taking care of everyone. (I felt this way. I am not totally sure that my perception was accurate.) I cried about how stressful my family had been then, growing up, and now my own family, too. Throughout this prayer for healing, Michele asked me what I was experiencing or how I felt, and I told the women usually, "about the same" or "okay."
Michele eventually said... "If there is anything evil in there, come out in the Name of Jesus!" Michele's hands shook some throughout this process. Exactly when she said this- I saw a slight light behind my eyes (I still had closed eyes). I told the ladies what I saw~ the ever-so-slight light behind my eyes. They prayed a short while longer. We separated a bit, and I stood up and hugged each of the women, still crying, saying how much I appreciated their prayers~~~ to the Lord, certainly! I thanked them and of course Michele. In my heart, I thanked God for this opportunity/healing...I also was not sure yet if it had occurred, that I had been healed of the debilitating migraine headaches.
I think I kind of staggered out of the house because it had been so very intense and quite emotional. (There was that word from the Lord Michele had heard on her way over to Vicky's house- "emotion.") Powerful. I left thinking that I didn't know if I were healed or not. Michele told me as I left, and the women agreed, to keep praising God for the healing and to rebuke the devil if I started to feel bad or to get a headache. I did do these suggestions over the next week or two. I still claim my healing occasionally, even now, sometimes when I get a headache...
NEVER a migraine, 7 1/2 years as of this last October (2014)!!!
THANK YOU, LORD, always and forever.
I said that I was so tired of taking care of my mother who in a nursing home for 7 years with Alzheimer's; she has passed on to Glory in Heaven 7 1/2 years ago now. I have since she passed away, never regretted a moment of time I spent with her whatsoever :) During the prayer, I spoke of when I was little, and even though I was the younger, it seemed I ended up taking care of everyone. (I felt this way. I am not totally sure that my perception was accurate.) I cried about how stressful my family had been then, growing up, and now my own family, too. Throughout this prayer for healing, Michele asked me what I was experiencing or how I felt, and I told the women usually, "about the same" or "okay."
Michele eventually said... "If there is anything evil in there, come out in the Name of Jesus!" Michele's hands shook some throughout this process. Exactly when she said this- I saw a slight light behind my eyes (I still had closed eyes). I told the ladies what I saw~ the ever-so-slight light behind my eyes. They prayed a short while longer. We separated a bit, and I stood up and hugged each of the women, still crying, saying how much I appreciated their prayers~~~ to the Lord, certainly! I thanked them and of course Michele. In my heart, I thanked God for this opportunity/healing...I also was not sure yet if it had occurred, that I had been healed of the debilitating migraine headaches.
I think I kind of staggered out of the house because it had been so very intense and quite emotional. (There was that word from the Lord Michele had heard on her way over to Vicky's house- "emotion.") Powerful. I left thinking that I didn't know if I were healed or not. Michele told me as I left, and the women agreed, to keep praising God for the healing and to rebuke the devil if I started to feel bad or to get a headache. I did do these suggestions over the next week or two. I still claim my healing occasionally, even now, sometimes when I get a headache...
NEVER a migraine, 7 1/2 years as of this last October (2014)!!!
THANK YOU, LORD, always and forever.
Aftermath and Conclusion:
I went home that day, very late in the
afternoon. Our worship/study/prayer sessions were very long on Wednesdays as I
earlier noted, and the laying-on-of-hands and praying for healing for me made
the day extra long. When I arrived home that late afternoon, my
husband Royce said, "You look terrible!" I told him what had
happened. I know he was praying for me, too. I am sure that we prayed together
at meals during the ensuing time period of days and thanked Jesus for His
healing.
That first night as I was going to bed,
I remember thinking that, very strangely, I did not need codeine for a
headache!! I praised God!! I woke up in the night, and still, no need for
medication!! Totally unheard of in my life during this last phase of headaches,
which could change a bit in phases over the years, but had remained always very
bad overall.
This continued for
about two weeks, and then I definitely knew and claimed that I had been
healed!! I waited for that time period of two weeks when I was as sure as I
could be that this was a healing of those sickening headaches. Our whole family
was around the table- Royce and me, our two grown kids, and our son-in-law, who
is like a son to us, too! I told them the whole story in detail, from the
beginning of Vicky's healing in her lower back and then talking and waiting for Michele
and the Lord! I continued to that most special day when Michele came over at the prodding
of the Lord and everything that took place.
My husband and our grown children knew MORE than anyone, but the Lord
Himself, how I had suffered all of these years: the frustration, pain, constant
intrusion and search for the answer to be well and to be free from migraine
headache!! It was super quiet at our dining room table as my family listened
how God loved me this much. These grown children had known me to be sick all
these years, even after my bad car accident, the severe migraines had
continued. Sometimes I had felt as though I mothered them from the couch and
the bed when I was home and not teaching at school. The Lord had been good,
though, because somehow we managed life, went to church, and I could be a
homeroom mom each year, trading back and forth with each child as they grew up.
I wondered what they would think as
they listened to how God had healed me by sending a friend in Christ and that
they might wonder why God hadn't healed me way back earlier in our lives as a
family. Royce reached over and touched my arm, and said, "I love you"
after I finished telling them the complete story.
God is Jehovah Rapha, God our Healer, and He did it all, I know that full well, and for Him and His love and power, I rejoice!!
I know the healing
of the migraine headache in my life! ~ my family’s lives included~ had a profound
effect on their understanding of Jesus Chris, as well as my own understanding
of Him. This healing has completely changed my life for the good, and it
continues to be a powerful testimony of God's love for me, one of His children.
Bless you, Donna M.
***NOTE: Some people
complain about the medical field and pharmaceutical drugs. There is such a
thing as rebound headaches, which I will not go into, but I am extremely
thankful that I live in America and have access to fantastic doctors to the
greatest degree, plus we have companies that do research and have relieved the
suffering of people thoughout the world. How horrible not to have anyone or medicines, but
to be lying along a road somewhere with no help- living in utter horror and
pain. Thanks be to the Lord for people who train to be in medicine, giving of
their lives and time to help people all around the world, I
say! Praise Jesus Christ, Who was, is,
and shall ever be~~~ forever.
^^^(To read Vicky
Thomas’ story on her blog, www.activementoringinchrist.com
about her personal story of the Lord’s great love and intervention in her
life after she sustained a horrible accident of being struck by a car when she
was walking as a pedestrian while at college: http://www.activementoringinchrist.com/2014_08_01_archive.html The first link will take you to
the most recent posting on her blog~ insights, knowledge, study, and wisdom about Active Relational Christian
Mentoring! She has a book that is to be published on this timely subject. Michele Cole set up my blog from the very
beginning, for which I am so thankful and indebted because this blog is a
calling for me in the Lord. I would have never gotten it going without
Michele's skillful love and help! You
can find Michele’s blog at: www.wantinsight.com
Likewise, Joni Ames, Christian writer with spiritual gifts in teaching and the
prophetic, (www.joniames.com) told me on several
occasions that I must be writing books, books, books and that included a blog,
which I was not interested to do whatsoever at the time! I feel I really owe the beginning of the writing of the blog, of course, to the Lord, with an extreme thankfulness to Joni's prophetic counsel over a period of time that was wonderful insistent, or my mind would have never entertained the idea so that God could mold me and shape me through the writing of a booklet of poems for friends, that then gave me content which I began to see I could apply in a blog! God had His
plans for my life in this endeavor, and through
various happenings and the changing of my heart and mind, I cautiously began
"The Healing is Always Christ." Jan has two sections of poetry in the
blog and is a regular contributing author! She is the most ever-present lady of the Lord in my life for some time and now, so wise and discerning. Here are the two direct links to her
postings:
From Crib to Cross
to Crown! http://www.thehealingisalwayschrist.com/2012/12/christmas-poems-by-jan.html AND
The Wedding
Invitation and GO! by Jan Bracken AND A Salvation Prayer in Jesus Christ!
How could one be thankful enough to our Lord God Almighty for what He has done for us? Life, health, to have our living and being- in Him, sight, sound, touch, children, parents, friends, our animal friends, ETERNITY with HIM through JESUS CHRIST alone! Indeed, I am so grateful to God, my Father, for bringing these lovely Christian women (and more) into my life to help me day-by-day, to enrich and to teach me, to care for me, to show me The Way in Jesus, to listen to me---the list goes on. I thank Him for these Friends; He has made my life so MUCH richer in our paths crossing- for me, anyway :)
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And without faith it
is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that
he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
The Lord is near to
all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
to all who call on him in truth.
Keep me as the apple
of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings.
hide me in the shadow of your wings.
Hebrews
11:6
Psalm
145:18
Psalm
17:8
****FURTHER NOTES:
Early on in having these debilitating headaches, I went to a nearby town from
where Royce and I and our two kiddos lived...to see John and Frances Hunter
(the Happy Hunters), who were Spirit-filled Christians (all true
Christ-followers are filled with the Holy Spirit and have spiritual gifts) who
traveled and would stop at a church for a night of ministry or perhaps several
days for good purposes for the Lord such as spreading the Good News of Jesus
Christ and prayed for people for healing and other needs- spiritual, emotional,
and physical. Many times people were healed in Jesus' Name. I was not blessed
with a healing of the migraine headaches at that time.
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