"Let my supplication
come before you;
deliver me according
to your promise" (Ps 119:170 )
He Heard my Cry
I am a staff nurse working
in a government hospital. Till the end of 1991 I was perfectly healthy
. After that my health began deteriorating. In May ’92 an MRI scan revealed
I had brain tumour. Before the operation I had gone to Potta Ashram for
a retreat and had decided to pay tithe for the poor. I had come back extremely
happy. Four days after the operation I lost my mental balance. I was convinced
that my husband and children were dead. I kept jumping out of bed. Vomiting,
loss of sight, absolute physical helplessness, plagued me. All thought
I would die. The fathers at Potta Ashram and my relatives intensified their
prayers. I realised God had permitted this sickness to draw me closer to
him. I surrendered my illness into the hands of God and began praising
and thanking him for it. I also prayed for strength to bear my pain. It
was the retreat made before the operation that helped me pray thus.
A month later I was admitted
in Amala Hospital, Trichur for radio therapy for 25 days. A week later,
two brothers came and prayed for me for three hours. They told me to forgive
all who had hurt me and to give the first place to God in my life. Until
then it was my husband and children who had the first priority in my life.
During the prayer I felt a cool breeze sweeping all over me. I, who could
not take a step on my own, now began to walk slowly up and down the room
thanking and praising God.
On the 25th day, while I
was undergoing radiation, I saw in vision a golden arrow passing through
my brain. Medication continued. An MRI scan after three years revealed
that the tumour had spread even to the lungs. Biopsy proved they were cancer
cells. But the Lord intervened. After surgery another biopsy gave the result
that they were only tuberculosis cells.
In 1998 a brain scan was
done. Everything was normal said the result. Jesus healed me of so many
fatal illnesses. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, praise and thanks to you
forever!
Gracy Joseph
Thakidiyil
House,
Trichur