I am soooo happy!!! I know I have said it before, how the Lord works small miracles for us often without us even knowing it, but I have to tell you again how grateful I am for this!
My back has been jacked-up since the middle of October. I injured it hiking and have struggled with it since. It had gotten to a point where I couldn’t sit without a lot of pain and I could stand without a lot of pain. There were several times where I was in tears with pain as I stretched it etc. Basically, the only time I wasn’t in pain was when I was sleeping.
I had become a little hopeless with really healing it. I had been consistent with stretching and strength training and had tried simply resting. I had been to different chiropractors several times. The last two times I went to the chiropractor he couldn’t even get my left hip to budge at all – he said it was locked up.
I was in so much pain and discomfort and annoyance that FINALLY I felt like there was nothing left to do but ask for Heavenly Father’s help in prayer. I am laughing a little over this as I type it, because as I say it, I realize how backwards it really is. I suffered for 3 months before I asked for help! Why do I do that to myself?! Why does it take me 3 months of suffering before I call out for the Lord’s help?! It makes me think of the man who called out, “Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.” Why do I insist on suffering for so long before I will ask Him to have mercy on me? It really is ridiculous, because He was there to help me 3 months ago had I thought to ask.
But guess what … two days after I said that prayer and asked for that loving mercy, I went to the chiropractor again and my hip moved effortlessly. It was the craziest thing! And right now, a day after that, I feel like my back is pretty much 100% healthy. A coincidence? Absolutely not! Not for a second do I believe it was just a coincidence. I know better than that! And as I have gone throughout my day and been able to sit and stand and bend and stretch without the pain, I can’t help but think of the 10 lepers who Jesus healed. Nine of them didn’t bother to recognize the Lord’s hand in their healing, they didn’t give thanks. Only one turned and glorified God for being healed. I can’t be of the nine. I have been given far too much in my life to not give thanks where thanks is due. I have to stand with the one and glorify my God for the tiny, simple, seemingly meaningless miracles He is willing to orchestrate in my life simply for my comfort. I don’t know why He does this for me, I don’t deserve it, but I love Him so much for it. His love is real!
Forever grateful!
