Post by abk on Sept 4, 2008 19:12:59 GMT -5
My pastor told us last Sunday that it is easy to praise God when things are going well, but for many people that it can be hard to praise God when things are not going well. I am one of those people. When thing go wrong I am usually down & out asking "why me God?"
Well, sadly I has a seizure that very week. It was a partial seizure. During these seizures my mind is awake, but my body is malfunctioning. One of these malfunctions is a very rapid, pounding heart rate. This is very terrifying to me.
In ways, partial seizures can be worse than a grand mal b/c during the grand mal I am unconcious & thus completely oblivious to any suffering, while during the partial seizures my mind is awake, alert & aware of every little thing. I am completely helpless & totally terrified.
As I lay there suffering both my husband & I were praying, asking the Lord to take the seizure away. Then the Holy Spirit brought the words of my pastor to mind. I began praising God right away. I told Him that although I hate the seizures, I praised Him for letting me have what I have (they could be worse), I praised him for letting me have the senses to experience them (I could be blind, deaf or dead in my grave). But I wasn't! And I praised Him!!
As soon as I began to praise Him, my heart rate went right back to normal instantly & the seizure stopped! Friends, I have been having these seizures since 1999 & this has NEVER happened! Usually my heart rate will go down gradually, but this time as soon as I began to praise God it was instantaneous!
I still had a bummer recovery time, but thanks be to God I did not have the depression period that always almost follows a seizure.
I just wanted to share my blessing & what I had learned with you! As I write this very thing, Satan is trying to come against me with his weapon of fear, but I am rebuking him & will write & post this!!
Thank you God!
Well, sadly I has a seizure that very week. It was a partial seizure. During these seizures my mind is awake, but my body is malfunctioning. One of these malfunctions is a very rapid, pounding heart rate. This is very terrifying to me.
In ways, partial seizures can be worse than a grand mal b/c during the grand mal I am unconcious & thus completely oblivious to any suffering, while during the partial seizures my mind is awake, alert & aware of every little thing. I am completely helpless & totally terrified.
As I lay there suffering both my husband & I were praying, asking the Lord to take the seizure away. Then the Holy Spirit brought the words of my pastor to mind. I began praising God right away. I told Him that although I hate the seizures, I praised Him for letting me have what I have (they could be worse), I praised him for letting me have the senses to experience them (I could be blind, deaf or dead in my grave). But I wasn't! And I praised Him!!
As soon as I began to praise Him, my heart rate went right back to normal instantly & the seizure stopped! Friends, I have been having these seizures since 1999 & this has NEVER happened! Usually my heart rate will go down gradually, but this time as soon as I began to praise God it was instantaneous!
I still had a bummer recovery time, but thanks be to God I did not have the depression period that always almost follows a seizure.
I just wanted to share my blessing & what I had learned with you! As I write this very thing, Satan is trying to come against me with his weapon of fear, but I am rebuking him & will write & post this!!
Thank you God!