MY
TESTIMONY (Part 2, two and a half years later, in 2007)
I
am writing part two of my testimony to give glory to God and to
encourage anyone who is struggling with a health problem in any
way or maybe just need to assurance that God is with them.
Since
the Lord brought me through a near death experience, I have used
my testimony in many ways to reach others for Christ. Now he is
giving me regular opportunities just with people I meet to share
his greatness.
Again,
it's too long to type all the happenings, but in short in August
2005 Mr. Lindsay, who is the top neuro-surgeon in Europe and did
all my surgery, informed me that he had discovered another two
aneurisms in my brain. My first option was to live with
them with the hope that they never ruptured, while the second
option was to have invasive surgery opening my head. He explained
that due to where the aneurisms were in my brain, it was not possible
to coil this time and again he listed the risks involved opting
for surgery. We prayed about it for six weeks, and then
felt that the right thing for me to do was to have the surgery.
I
sent an e-mail round to my friends with just two requests
Now I come to the best bit. I sent an e-mail round to my friends
with just two requests. Number one was, "Please pray
for my family" - from by my experience, I was to have an
anaesthetic and wake up what seemed one minute later, but that
one minute for me was seven hours for my family. My
second request was that the Lord would guide the hand of the surgeon.
One of my many e-mail replies was from my friend Tarah from N.
Carolina. She sent me a painting of an operating room, with three
doctors performing surgery. Standing next to the main surgeon
was Jesus. He was supporting the surgeon by placing one hand on
the surgeons shoulder, and His other hand wasn't touching the
surgeon's hand, but he was guiding his hand as he performed the
surgery. Well, you can imagine the effect and my relief.
I had goose bumps and a shiver going right through me. I
was totally covered in peace.
For my admission to hospital in January 2006, I packed my MP3
player with some recorded messages on it, my bible, a copy of
Sister Rebekah Smith's book on healing, a prayer cloth and my
knitting to keep me busy. (I was an expecting grandma at
this time.) and of course I printed the picture Tarah sent
me.
I
told Helen that it was nothing to do with me being strong; it
was trusting the God I serve...
The Lord used me to reach others in that ward, both staff and
patients. An elderly lady called Helen I believe was especially
touched. She had felt her time was near and was amazed at how
positive I was before surgery. I told Helen that it was
nothing to do with me being strong; it was trusting the God I
serve and I also had people around the world praying for me. I
gave her the copy of the picture I had printed. (Since then I
have bought 100 postcard prints from the painter)
Lord
if you take me now to heaven, that's fine...
Anytime
in the past that I've had surgery, I've always cried as I'm a
bit of a coward. However, this time I was totally covered in a
peace. One nurse asked me if I had had a pre-med, but I assured
her I had nothing but peace and calm. The doctors were wonderful
as usual and talked me through them giving me the anaesthetic.
I looked at the big clock in front of me. It was 08:45 and at
that moment I told the Lord, "Lord if you take me now to
heaven, that's fine and if I come through the surgery, then that's
fine too".
Well, here I am, I've come through. The surgeon only had to shave
a little bit of my hair at the front . Until I got that
peace from God, the thought of them opening up my head just terrified
me, but now I had the assurance from God that I was in His hands.
If I were to type the testimonies and the outcomes springing from
this experience it would take forever. I know of and appreciate
the prayers that all of my brothers and sisters in Christ and
my own family have offered up to God for me, from which I received
much assurance. But I must share this one in closing.
My friend Julie from Ohio, U.S.A., is a very special sister who
serves others with a very open heart and she actually set her
clock for 03:30 just to pray for me, as they are five hours behind
us in time. I found this very humbling that she would do this
just for me. However, when I talked to Julie on the 'phone, she
told me that she didn't make it to prayer until 03:45.
I
had those goose bumps back again, as that was the exact time I
was telling the Lord he could take me or bring me through and
that I was ok with either. Isn't God's timing just perfect?
But
I know that whatever happens, I've got the all clear from the
Lord.
In January this year I had another angio-gram, as I can't have
an MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) scan due to me having metal
placed in my brain from the previous operation. The angio-gram
showed up that the two aneurisms clipped last year were fine,
but that the coiled one that actually ruptured before showed a
re-growth. The situation was that they couldn't do more surgery
at this moment, but that I have to have another angio-gram in
March 2009. I covet your prayers and the reason that I didn't
write part two sooner was because I was waiting until I go the
all clear from the doctors. But I know that whatever happens,
I've got the all clear from the Lord. He knows all things and
I trust completely in Him.
I have shared this testimony with many people and I believe that
the Lord has been using me to reach individuals from different
backgrounds and the prints that I have given to some of "The
Great Physician" has brought peace to so many people.
...I
believe the Lord has used Kailey as part of my recovery
In July 2006 I had the honour of being with Pamela and Stewart
when little Kailey Hope Cupples came into the world. They had
asked me to be at the birth of my first grandchild and she has
brought a lot of joy into my life and I believe the Lord has used
Kailey as part of my recovery. In November 2006 she
had her first flight to U.S.A., with her mummy and me to visit
her auntie Sonia and Uncle Mike.
Once again I say, "thank you" to all who prayed for
me and I am so thankful to God for the people he has brought into
my life around the world. But also for my own family and the brothers
and sisters of our own fellowship at Bible Believers Fellowship
(Scotland) for their love and support has been so special. And
the pastor; well what can I say, he's also my husband and best
friend!!!
In
one way I feel I should apologise for your eyestrain in reading
my testimony. But on the other hand, how do you condense a miracle
working God?.........You don't..... He is still on the throne.
Love
and Blessings
Carol
Loch (Bible Believers Fellowship, Scotland)
koleda@BelieversFellowship.co.uk
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