There Is Power In the Name

At my six-week check-up after having my daughter two years ago, I received a Depro birth control shot. The shot was to be issued every six months but one time was enough for me. After the shot, I was on my period for the next two years straight. Severe cramps and excessive bleeding but I kept pressing on by still going to work and taking care of my daughters. Smiling at work regardless of my physical pain because I wanted others to see that God is able to help us no matter what we are going through. I was always mindful that I must protect my witness- this is not saying I did a good job all the time but I hope I pleased Him most of the time. God made me a positive person prior to this experience so it kicked in double time over the last two years. Always trying to see something positive in everything else that was going on in my life and learning from it kept me sane.

So between January 2004 and May 2006, I have related to the woman with the issue of blood. Although I was not outcast by my family and friends like she was, I imagine she battled depression, cleanliness, loneliness and wavered in her faith of will it ever stop? Will I ever feel normal? Will I ever feel whole again? This issue contributed to the failure of my marriage because neither me or my ex-husband knew what to do nor had the maturity to work around and through it. Nor did we surround ourselves with godly counsel so we were doomed to for failure.

For two years I dealt with excessive bleeding, passing blood clots, leaving work due to overflow on my clothes and looking back every time I stood up from a chair hoping no blood was left behind. No more devil! In the Name of Jesus, God sent restoration to my body and healing. He sent one of His servants on assignment who touched my body and I felt the release of all sickness that once was detected by the doctors. At the time I thought it was just the release of fibroids but I learned it was the release of incurable cancerous cells that tried to house itself in by body. My sister laid hands on my that Sunday, my hysterectomy was Monday and I was home by Tuesday feeling alive and new. God is alive and His word says that we who believe and receive the Holy Spirit have the power to heal with their hands and He used my sister's anointing to release the infirmity inside my body. Glory to God!

When I was leaving work to prepare for surgery, I was bragging about returning as "a new woman". Little did I know how powerful my words were and that what I was speaking was beyond my physical being. The two weeks of May 13 through May 27 were the best two weeks of my life thus far! It is hard to describe but I know I have been on a road of elevation- intellectually, physically and spiritually- and this confirmed it. My sister shared The Word with me in ways I had never experienced before in my life. More importantly and most powerful, was that I saw God in Her behavior and words, and that is what elevated my level of faith in God is who He says He is. He knows me and sometimes I need visual proof about things and He revealed just that. Favor! Once again, God has shown me favor!

Prior to my hysterectomy I not only prayed for complete healing- fibroids and arthritis- but prayed that God would show Himself true to all those who were praying for me. I wanted them to see through me that God is faithful and He answers prayers of the righteous. He did just that! My surgery was simple and I have a scar maybe an inch long to show I even had the procedure. I was walking and moving around fairly well the next day and I had declared ahead of time that I would not take any hormone supplements and I do not need them. I have no idea of all the people who prayed but I trust God to have me talk to them or some way they find out what He did through me. Another song comes to mind: I am a living testimony. Could have been dead and gone, but Lord, You let me live on! Today I have joint pain but I am believing my full manifestation is soon! No arthritis or whatever is causing my joints to swell and limit my mobility. I bind the devil, In the Name of Jesus, because Jesus died for all infirmities, sicknesses and disease so shortly everyone will see my body restored greater than it was before.

So in writing this, I flipped back to my journal pages from 2004. It was a rough journey- my then 3-yr old not adjusting well to her new baby sister, my father who I had not talked to in over 10 years died, months of consistent joint pain and swelling, moving from the east coast to the south to move-in with my godparents then separating from my now ex-husband on Mother's Day, to wavering in my faith and destiny because what I was not being feed at my former church and was afraid to leave due to the relationships I made.

However, God used that church family to show me love, nurturing, unconditional giving, and the rewards of seeking Him diligently. Still in 2004 I attended Vacation Bible School for the first time in my life, became determined to work out at the gym daily and losing weight, and helped start a Bible Study at work where we discussed the book, The Purpose Driven Life. In looking back, I can only say God is able!

I have to end this blog or no one will read it because it is too long. However, I will share my testimonies as long as I have breath! So in 2006, God moved me to a church where I am being feed at levels that require a seat belt, I am more confident and stronger than I have ever been before spiritually and mentally. I am 4 dress sizes smaller and over 40 lbs lighter. I am an Entrepreneur, true friend, sister, auntie, daughter, niece, cousin, and most of all, child of The King. God took a sassy, cursing, athletic, intelligent little girl from the projects and shaped her into an anointed woman of God seeking to please Him and sharing what I learn with everyone along the way.

Glory to God!