Testimony of Healing

Like many sufferers of bipolar disorder, I also suffer from frequent migraines for which I take strong painkillers.

About two months ago, I received prayer for migraines at the Elim Church. When the prayer was over , I felt a cool tingling sensation on my forehead. I don't know if you have ever worn one of the cooling headache patches that you can put on your forehead but it felt a lot like that and was not at all unpleasant. At the same time, I felt God say to me:

My grace is sufficient for you.

I wasn't at all sure of what this might mean so I prayed it back to God and went home.

By the time I got home, I had a migraine!And God kept saying-- my grace is sufficient for you.and it came to me that he was telling me to lay off the painkillers.

Over the course of that weekend, I experienced severe migraine pain. Usually I would have gone to bed with painkillers, headache patches, and anything else I could think of to make myself feel better. But this time was different.I didn't take any painkillers. I stayed up. I drank a lot water, read the Bible, and prayed. And I found out that God's grace was sufficient for me.

The migraine eventually left me -- without any medical intervention. And I felt fabulous! I am still getting migraines, but they are far less frequent. Last week I didn't have one at all! I have piece about using the painkillers if there is something important have to do and I am in a lot of pain which would inhibit me carrying out the task. But, the rest of the time, I just wait for it to go away. And it does!

This is all very new to me. I'm very much feel the pain and take the tablet girl. But I feel that I had become dependent on the tablets when I should be dependent on God. Today, I have a migraine. And, somehow, that's okay. I wonder if this is God's peace that transcends all understanding?

No Church?

It's looking rather like I won't make it to Church today. I intended to go to the Evening Service at Cartsbridge but I have a migraine that isn't responding to pain meds so I think I may be slinking back to bed when I've done the dinner dishes. I'm rather disappointed as I'm dressed and ready to go and was looking forward to worshipping. I know it's just as possible to worship while in bed with a headache but it's not quite the same thing!

No Church Today

I am disappointed. Last weekend, I went to the very excellent worship service at Cartsbridge Evangelical and I'd intended to go again this morning. I even set the alarm! Unfortunately, I've woken with a migraine and so will be going nowhere. I feel frustrated and irritated with myself. Because I really wanted to go. And, instead, I'm in pain and craving caffeine which is something I'm trying to avoid. The avoidance has probably caused the migraine. It is possible that I will be better later and can go to the Evening Service. But I'm still sulky about missing the one I wanted to go to. Sometimes I'm such a child!