Episode 90 - Healing Hand

Some things in life are easy to explain, like the offside rule or why balancing my phone on top of my glass of water was a bad idea. Other things are much harder to understand, like Bitcoin, Modern art and how to fill in a tax return. In many ways, my past year or so is firmly placed in the latter category. I became ill for seemingly no apparent reason. Along with many other peculiar symptoms, I suffered from a strange tension like feeling inside my body which expressed itself outwardly as uncontrolled movements in my arms and legs, I got very bad headaches, had very little energy and lived with a cloud over my mind so it was hard to think clearly, converse or really do that much at all. It began quite mildly but continued to get worse as time went on. The Doctors looked and looked and performed their tests but were never able to form a solid diagnosis.

But during this time, prayers from hundreds of people from all over the world have been raised to God on my behalf. Thank you so much if your prayers are in that number, they not only mean an awful lot to me personally, they are also powerful and effective – even if we don’t see their results immediately. If the course of the past year had been hard to understand, then what has happened in the last week has been nearly impossible to get my head around. Fortunately, it’s as easy to explain as it is difficult to fully comprehend.

Last Sunday, Becky (my Girlfriend) felt prompted by God to pray over me. She realised that though she had facilitated lots of prayer for me, she had never actually prayed over me herself. In truth, she easily allowed herself to fade into the background because she felt unconfident in her own prayers, particularly when surrounded by so many people with great experience and eloquent speech. But on Sunday night she really felt that God wanted her to pray over me, particularly over each part of my body in turn. And so she did. She didn’t pretend to know what was wrong with me, or even to know what to say. But she knew that God knew what to do and so she prayed.

As she started to pray I began shaking violently all over, which is something which happens with my illness sometimes. She started with my head and she prayed over it. Then when she had finished praying over my head she prayed over my neck. Then my shoulders. Then my chest and my back. You’re probably getting the picture, you know what the human body looks like.

Then she prayed over my upper arms and as she did, I started to realise that they were shaking less until they were completely still. Then she prayed over my forearms and the same thing happened again. And then again with my hands. And my whole upper body was still. But my legs on the other hand, they were still flailing around like they had a life of their own. So she prayed over my thighs and they became still. And then my calves and they became still. And then my feet and they became still. And my whole body was completely still except for my toes that were still wiggling away. So finally she prayed for my toes and they became still. And I was completely still. From my head to my toes. For the first time really since coming back from Papua New Guinea.

Over the next few days we continued to pray and many people prayed with me and for me, and by Wednesday morning, all of my symptoms had gone. The tiredness, the shaking, the headaches and the fog over my mind. I felt completely transformed, like I was a new man! It feels amazing in a way I can’t really describe (but that I’m sure I’ll attempt to over the next few blogs as I get used to having myself back). I’m very much still getting used to it, but it is more wonderful than words describe. And I don’t think that there is much else I can say other than praise God for He is mighty and wonderful and He has healed me! And to thank you for sharing in my journey by reading these blogs. For sharing in my frustration and pain during this time. And that now I hope you can share in my joy too! Praise the Lord!