Healings!

So last night, while walking to CRU, my big toe hit a giant root. I was wearing not very practical shoes and my foot slipped out. I immediately saw part of my toenail separate from my toe and blood started gushing out. My toenail started turning black. My nail also had a line form on it where the separation occurred. It was so painful that I couldn't even walk on it. I have had this injury happen before and I ended up having to be on crutches for a few days and resulted in a lost toenail. As some of you may know, I am training for a marathon on April 11th. I'm already struggling on my training and I didn't know how much this injury would set me back even more. Well, once I had settled down, I asked the group I was praying with that night to pray healing for my toe. They all immediately laid hands on foot and started praying. Caroline specifically started to pray that when I woke up the next morning, my toe would be completely healed. I thanked them for the prayers but my toe did not look any better and was still throbbing. My friend drove me back to my dorm building because I couldn't walk. I went to bed that night having to take Advil to relieve the pain. Then, this morning, I woke up and I felt NO PAIN!!! I carefully got out of bed and stood on that foot. I was able to put full pressure on my toe without it even hurting. What's even better, there was absolutely no discoloration and the tare line was no longer there! Except for a little bit of dry blood, my toe was completely fine. It looked exactly the same as my other toe. The Lord heard our prayer and healed my toe!

I truly believe that God is an all powerful God and can do all things. In the bible, we see incredible acts and healings done, yet for some reason, we don't always think they can happen in today's time. But God is the same NOW as He was then! HE is the ultimate healer! One of His names is Jehovah-Rapha: I am the Lord who heals.

"O Lord my God, I cried out to You for help and you restored my health." (Psalm 30:2)

"He was wounded and crushed for our sins....He was whipped and we were healed!" (Isa. 53:5)

"Their prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make them well...Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed." (Jas. 5:15,16)

God has an incredible plan for our life and wants us to bring Glory to Him! This means that every time that we have an injury or sickness, we will not always be healed for it may not be in God's plan. But He does want to bless us and we should still pray to Him for healing. When He does heal, I hope that all the Glory goes to Him and people come to know Him through His wonders.