| 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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