This is a personal testimony of God's present to our family one Christmas.
At the age of 6 my daughter had an ear infection in her right ear. It never went away. the poor child went through recurrent cycles of pain. We ended up with antibiotics given to us in powder form in order to make up the mixture for her next infection. Nothing helped. She struggled at school and her hearing in that ear was badly affected. Grommits had no effect and eventually she had to have a third operation.
When they went into her ear they found that the infections had melted the little bones in her ear and her eardrum was so scarred that it was of no possible use. They replaced the eardrum with skin and cleaned out her middle ear.
The operation made her feel sea sick for a short time after. Eventually it settled down and she became used to being deaf in that ear. She had tests and they confirmed that the hearing loss was complete.
Approaching her mid teens I started to have a strong feeling that if she asked God for healing she would be healed, however it had to come from her. I think this is because God wants a close relationship with us all. Many times I asked her if she wanted prayer for healing and she would refuse saying there was no point.
Eventually we went to a healing service and she had some prayer. She returned saying she needed more. At the same time a stranger walked over and said to her, "you must be the one". They went quietly to the back of church and prayed together. The lady touched my daughter's ear and asked Jesus to heal it.
My daughter returned to me and as she did all my certainty vanished. She said she could hear. I found it incredible. I tested her over and over again. In the end I took her to the family doctor. The doctor was familiar with my daughter's ear problems because she had dealt with it for so long. The doctor, a non believer, tested her and found her hearing in her healed ear to be much better than average. She asked in amazement how her healing had happened. We told her and on the medical records her healing is recorded as healed through prayer.
All this happened in the last few weeks leading up to Christmas. The gift was much bigger than healing because it didn't just change one life, it changed those around her too. Her grades went up in school and she developed a passion for music and languages. Twelve years on her hearing is still excellent in both ears. Thanks to Christ.
Christ is the greatest gift of all to us.
At the age of 6 my daughter had an ear infection in her right ear. It never went away. the poor child went through recurrent cycles of pain. We ended up with antibiotics given to us in powder form in order to make up the mixture for her next infection. Nothing helped. She struggled at school and her hearing in that ear was badly affected. Grommits had no effect and eventually she had to have a third operation.
When they went into her ear they found that the infections had melted the little bones in her ear and her eardrum was so scarred that it was of no possible use. They replaced the eardrum with skin and cleaned out her middle ear.
The operation made her feel sea sick for a short time after. Eventually it settled down and she became used to being deaf in that ear. She had tests and they confirmed that the hearing loss was complete.
Approaching her mid teens I started to have a strong feeling that if she asked God for healing she would be healed, however it had to come from her. I think this is because God wants a close relationship with us all. Many times I asked her if she wanted prayer for healing and she would refuse saying there was no point.
My daughter returned to me and as she did all my certainty vanished. She said she could hear. I found it incredible. I tested her over and over again. In the end I took her to the family doctor. The doctor was familiar with my daughter's ear problems because she had dealt with it for so long. The doctor, a non believer, tested her and found her hearing in her healed ear to be much better than average. She asked in amazement how her healing had happened. We told her and on the medical records her healing is recorded as healed through prayer.
All this happened in the last few weeks leading up to Christmas. The gift was much bigger than healing because it didn't just change one life, it changed those around her too. Her grades went up in school and she developed a passion for music and languages. Twelve years on her hearing is still excellent in both ears. Thanks to Christ.
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