M.A.T.C.H.
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On Thursday, May 2, 1996 at 35 years old, I was given a devastating diagnosis by my Doctor.
It was on that day he informed me that the biopsy and the mammogram both confirmed that I had breast cancer.
I was facing a Mastectomy, Chemotherapy and a prescription of Tamoxifen that I would have to endure for 5 years. I was in a state of shock and numb to receive this diagnosis of cancer and my family feared the most that I would die because of the cancer.
I had strayed away from my church and my faith, but I had returned to the church in April 1996. I was raised in the Catholic Church but I felt I didn’t deserve to be forgiven of my sins in the past and that when I entered the church, surely the walls would collapse on me…but to my surprise and great relief, they didn’t!
On Sunday, May 5, 1996, a friend from my Church
gave me a copy of a recorded Message that was based on
Psalm 46:10,
“Be still and know that I am God”
The Message was entitled,
“A Healing Stillness”
I went to my bedroom to read, meditate and listen to “A Healing Stillness” later that day.
I felt myself drawn into complete thought about God.
What I was facing with cancer was a sobering moment for me. I placed myself entirely in His Hands and wanted desperately to feel my faith in my heart and to Know Him.
I sang to God and lifted my hand to the sky, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Mercy, and the God who saves. I shall not fear the dark of night nor the arrow that flies by day.”
I immediately jumped in the air I was filled with joy and I felt that I was converted instantly.
I felt Jesus’ presence at that moment and I felt all my sins had been forgiven.
I felt reborn in the Lord, it was so powerful and I rejoiced that I found my faith.
I didn’t want this feeling to go away and I have never been so happy in all my life as I was at that moment.
I prayed to God that He would allow me to live because I believed that I had more to do in this life.
I also prayed that whatever the consensus of the doctors was, that they would agree on the type of treatment that was required for my full recovery.
I wasn’t scared anymore about the impending surgery and treatment and I knew that God would sustain me and give me his grace and healing power as I continued on my journey to wellness.
My soul was healed. If I were to die the next day, I would have been blessed with joy. I knew God!! I knew Jesus!!
Later on in the evening, before I went to sleep I prayed to God that He would not allow this cancer to spread through my body and that I would be a more faithful servant in the Lord.
I was sleeping quite restful and I blanked out all my thoughts and wanted to wait on God and I was still.
In the middle of the night,
I was awakened by a powerful energy
flowing from my head to my toes,
it was so powerful.
It was a healing, positive energy
that I have never experienced before in my life.
It felt like a generator of electricity flowing through me
and the sound was deafening.
My cells vibrated with joy
and after the energy left me,
I woke my husband who was sleeping beside me
but he had not seen nor felt anything unusual.
For hours, I was filled with such joy- twice in one day, I had experienced something truly amazing, a conversion and the healing power of Jesus going through me.
I was awake for hours with a big grin on my face that you couldn’t remove.
My prayer was answered. The margins of the tissue on the outside of the breast were clear and I only had to do the minimal time of chemo because God was with me and he wasn’t done with me yet.
My husband was in the Air Force. He was being reassigned to
In June 1996, my Air Force Oncologist told me and my husband that I would never have any more babies after undergoing Chemo because Chemo can leave a patient infertile. God had a better plan! I am enclosing pictures of His Better Plan at the bottom of the Blog….her name is Brianne and she was born to a grateful Mom and a grateful Dad, my Husband and I, on 11 July, 2003!
On May 5th, 2006, which was my tenth anniversary after “A Healing Stillness”, I was in
Well, there were threatening storms approaching and I had the “Healing Stillness” with me and after reading and meditating on it, the clouds broke apart around noon time and we didn’t have the downpour that was forecast. We had very pleasant weather that lasted the whole day!! God is AWESOME!!
I had to tell you the story in my own words. It is a celebration of survival and salvation and a true gift!
I count myself extremely blessed by “The Ministry of A Healing Stillness” otherwise I may not be alive to tell this story.
I learned how the Message came to be. A Christian Layman was on his porch early one Spring morning with Bible in hand. He had been reading and meditating on the Scripture in Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God”. The Lord began speaking to this man’s heart about “Knowing Him.” The man wrote down on paper what the Lord was saying to him.
He entitled the Message…”A Healing Stillness”.
This man was led to have the Message put in print and eventually recorded as a narration in a deep woods setting with a stream running through it. There is an Anointing on this inspired Message that changed my life and the lives of many others as they listened.
I was able to contact the Publisher and the Christian Layman who wrote down the Message that so powerfully affected me. I wanted to share my excitement and my joy about what had taken place in my life. I talked with him several times and then over a period of time,
I eventually lost contact with him and then on September 1, 2006, I did a Google search and found A Healing Stillness again!
I had prayed and asked Jesus for them to advertise on the Internet so that I might find them and my prayer was answered!
There are so many women who live in fear of hearing the 2 words that could have destroyed my life and my family’s life….”breast cancer”….spoken over them! My heart goes out to them because I know the torment that comes with those 2 words. They were spoken over me more than 10 years ago but the Grace and Mercy of God brought 2 people into my life without me knowing about it, that cancelled the power of those 2 words.
Those 2 people are the Christian Layman who wrote down the Message, and my friend in Church who gave me the tape of A Healing Stillness.
In addition to being a committed supporter and an active participant in “The Relay for Life”,
I have also made a serious commitment to tell others about A Healing Stillness.
Cancer is one form of pain that comes into people’s lives, but it is by far not the only form of pain that people have to deal with in life on planet Earth!
When you visit the website for A Healing Stillness, you will read testimonies from people who experienced different types of Miracles in their lives.
Men who were turned from suicide, a lady was healed as the Message of A Healing Stillness was read over her in Intensive Care of a deadly e-coli bacteria she contracted during child birth, a lady who had suffered from lupus for 5 years and was mad at God because He hadn’t healed her, was healed emotionally first and then was healed of lupus in the same night. There are many more but these are detailed on the website.
We all know people who are going through difficult and painful times in their lives, as I was. Someone cared enough about me to give me a gift that not only saved my life but gave me a new and wonderful life since then. Would you be willing to do the same for someone you know and care about? I hope so!
I’m including the website address: http://www.HealingStillness.com
A portion of the proceeds from your purchase will be donated to The Relay for Life.
When you do this, please return here and tell “Your Story” so that others might find hope for their tomorrows!
p.s. Please e-mail this Blog to everyone you know and care about and encourage them to do the same thing. The Writer told me that God had made it clear to him that this message was to be shared with people all over the world. You could be sure that everyone in “your world” hears about it. Click on the "Envelope Icon" on the bottom right of the Blog to e-mail, it’s easy!
May God richly bless you this day and forever more!
Marina
