About a month ago I came down with some kind of viral infection. For over a week I had what seemed like a bad cold, and then it started to turn into a sinus infection. It continued to get worse and worse until I had a severe sinus toothache and pain in my face from the pressure to the point that I could hardly stand it. It was so bad that for three days I could hardly even sleep, and instead of getting better it seemed like I was getting worse.

Anyway, last night at about 2:00 A.M. I woke up in pain and couldn't go back to sleep. I got up and boiled some water in hopes that breathing in some steam would help, but it didn't. I took some medicine to help ease the pain, but it didn't help either. After talking to my mom a little bit, we decided that my only hope was to just get a hold of God and get healed. We went to my room and prayed for a few minutes, but I still felt just as sick as ever so we had my grandma come and pray with us. As we were praying, I kept thinking of all the times in the Bible Jesus healed the sick and the promises He gave us that He will do the same for us. One verse that kept coming to my mind was Hebrews 6:18:


"That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:"


After praying for quite some time, the Spirit of God began to move strongly. As I knelt there with tears streaming down my face, God spoke to me and said, "I will not lie unto thee, for thou art My child and I have loved thee with an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3). I will not suffer thee to be afflicted; be healed!" At that moment I felt the the blockage in my sinuses begin to be broken up, and my toothache started to ease up as well. I went to bed, exhausted from lack of sleep, thanking God for my healing.

The next morning, though, I woke up sick again. I was very discouraged and I honestly wondered if I had ever been healed in the first place, but now I know that the Lord was just testing my faith because right now I feel better than I have in ages. The Holy Ghost brought this verse to my remembrance earlier today, and I think it illustrates well what God has done for me:

"And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel."

                            -I Kings 18:41-45

Elijah had prayed for rain, and in verse 41 he told Ahab that he heard "...a sound of abundance of rain." Verse 44 seems to indicate that there wasn't even a cloud in the sky at this time, because it wasn't until his servant's seventh trip to the seaside that he saw saw a cloud beginning to form. But still yet, Elijah knew the rain was on its way because he heard it coming. Likewise, last night I heard "a sound of abundance of rain", but it wasn't until later that I began to see and feel its effect.

"And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."

                            -Mark 7:37

God does still heal, and He does it well. Praise the Lord!