Life Hurts, God Heals
Posted by John | Filed under Uncategorized
A dear friend told me a very inspiring story about herself. She is a very successful TYPE A business person, happily married, wonderful children. But she suffered terribly from high blood pressure. She tried all different kinds of prescription medications, went to different doctors but could never seem to get her blood pressure under control.
She was not over weight and watched her diet so those were not the causes of her high blood pressure. She finally realized that her high blood pressure was the result of her constant worry, pressure she put on herself to succeed. She felt the need to control every detail in business. She could never let up. She felt the need to try and please all her clients and was unable to relax and get her head “out of the business” for any length of time to relax and really enjoy the many blessing she had primarily with her family.
One day she was invited to start reading the bible and going to a bible study class which she had never done before. The more she read and attended bible classes, the more she was drawn to THE WORD OF GOD.
About that same time when she started reading the bible, she was off her blood pressure medication because the doctor wanted to let her system take a break before he started her on a new regimen of drugs.
During the next several weeks as she read the bible and attended bible study, while she was not taking blood pressure medication, she noticed her blood pressure kept improving. When she was supposed to start taking the meds again she told the doctor she miraculously didn’t need them.
She realized she had mad a major transformation subconsciously once she started reading THE WORD and going to bible study. She began to “let go” and turn her worries over to God. She continued to be very successful, but she stopped trying to control everything; she stopped trying to please everyone. She evolved to a wonderful level in her relationship with God whereby she could accept when she had taken the project at hand as far as she possibly could and at that point, it was no longer in her hands, but in GOD’s. At that point she could “relax” which she could never do before.
She is absolutely certain that is why her blood pressure got under control. She didn’t need pills………She needed God!
The 2 most inspiring aspects to this story are First, someone “invited” her to bible study. Most likely that person was reluctant to take the chance to be ridiculed but overcame that fear and reached out to my friend. It was God’s plan that she was invited just at that moment.
Second, I am inspired to realize that trusting in God can be so powerful in one’s life, that it can literally drastically improve one’s health, outlook and body functions. To me that is a true testament to the Power of God.
I have known this person well for over 20 years and am sure she is being completely honest with me. She believes God changed her life……….and so do I!
