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February 17, 2006
Dear Friends,
A couple of days ago I walked into my doctor’s office with the
assistance of my husband and my son James. His ministry has so
graciously provided someone to help him so that he can come and
spend some time with Mom. I appreciate that more than they will ever
know.
A few weeks ago I found myself desperately ill. In all my years of
life I have never been this sick. The doctors are trying every test
they can think of. My last test turned out great, but I still feel
soooo sick. For some reason I cannot stop clearing my throat and the
mucus is about to strangle me it gets so thick. I had to have two
bags of “that stuff” that puts nutrients back into your body. I had
become so weak I could hardly walk. I have not been able to eat or
swallow.
I have walked the floors of our little house crying the name of
Jesus over and over and over for hours. The Bible says that the name
of Jesus is above ALL names and is all powerful; I know that to be
true as I feel I would be dead right now had it not been for that
beautiful name of JESUS. I have laid at night with a prayer cloth
over me and my Bible open on my tummy. One night I got so desperate
that I called my girlfriend Suzanne and kept getting the wrong
number. I was almost at my wits end when a voice broke in and said
“if you are not finished with your message please continue.” I
hadn’t even started! Suzanne and Doctor Oral Roberts had bought me a
nightgown and prayed over that nightgown that God would heal my
body. I’ve been dragging that around like a “baby’s blanket”,
holding on to the promises of the Lord for dear life. I never did
get Suzanne, but I got Jesus. I heard Him say “Rise and be healed in
the name of Jesus.” God is so good!
A couple of days ago my daughter was determined she was going to get
something down Mom. She went to the Chinese restaurant. She bought
me 4 bowls of won ton soup and gave me a deadline. We all laughed,
yes, even me. I’m a little behind but every bite I can swallow I
thank Jesus with all my heart. My friends are kidding with me as
tomorrow I leave for Dallas for 4 days, then come back home for a
few days and go back to Dallas to do TBN and then a couple of weeks
later Larry King wants me on his show again. When we got Larry’s
invitation, I started to cry, not knowing if it was going to be “Hi”
again or a chance to say goodbye to so many good friends. You see, I
get scared too! Oh, back to what one of my friends said “boy, the
old devil must really be ticked off at you.” But I thank God that
the devil's power was decided over at Calvary and he “only has as
much as we will give him.”
I hope to ask for prayer for me because I KNOW that you already have
been and I love you so much for that. I would ask that you pray that
I will be able to swallow, chew and drink. And…THAT GOD WILL DELIVER
ME OF THIS CONSTANT CLEARING OF MY THROAT. I am continuing to keep
my faith up in the Lord. Sometimes I lay awake at night and pray,
“Please dear Jesus let someone be praying for me”. At that same time
I pray for some I’ve promised to pray for. I pray that my next
letter will be; “I feel GREAT, let’s pray for someone else tonight.”
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