In 2005 I was having trouble breathing.  I actually experienced what doctors call yellow vision.  That means I was not able to inhale enough oxygen to feed my brain.  Knitting 20 stitches would leave me so out of breath I had to sit back and rest!  I thought I was suffering from bronchitis.  My husband finally took me to a doctor.  He noticed that my ankles were severely swollen.  I was immediately given a chest x-ray.  The result was Congestive Heart Failure (CHF).  CHF is a chronic condition that becomes progressively worse, finally resulting in death.  I was placed on medication that could only delay the worst-case scenario.  During the following 5 years I could actually feel my heart weaken.

Late in 2009 my husband and I began attending a church that wants to move in the gifts of the Spirit.  I asked the pastor to pray for my heart condition.  I began feeling better immediately!  On Monday, April 19, 2010 an echo-cardiogram (think ultra-sound for the heart) was performed on me.  On Thursday, April 22 I received the results:  my heart function was NORMAL!  Praise the Lord.  No disability!  No CHF!  Thank You, Jesus!  “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, and by His stripes we are healed.”  Isaiah 53:5