PERSONAL TESTIMONY

GOD IS SO GOOD TO ME!

I'm interrupting our study sessions, to share my testimony of my Father's faithfulness and goodness to me.

In 2013 something was seen in my lower right lung, with many CT scans and several PET scans, my shortness of breath and swelling in my lower legs. That by 2015 they confirmed the report, I had IPF, called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, non curable lung disease with life expectancy of 2 to 3 years no more than 5 years. Myself and my church family prayed and believed God would heal me. During this early time God gave me a word "you will not have a premature death"! And I have held onto this word, no matter the report all was okay.

Let me back up a moment, when I was 50 years old, I was saved but spend years chasing the world and not God. When I came to my senses and ran back to God, I prayed: "Let my life be a testimony to Your goodness"! Now I truly had no clue to what I was saying, because without going through diversity of trials, we will fail to understand the faithfulness and goodness of God.

In 2018 my new pulmonary doctor said you have to quit cleaning homes, you breathing in chemicals will kill you. So in December 2018 I obeyed and stopped working, continuing to trust God with my health and my income. But even then I began to doubt, and cry "God what is my purpose". Because of the doctor's report there were times I listened to the enemy and would wonder and pray will I see another Christmas? God in His goodness would only say "Linda just keep on living"! Eventually I just started to get up each day and just kept living, kept believing, kept praying for complete healing. In 2019 my doctor could not understand, why my CT scans said my lungs were stable, no honeycombing, yet my breathing seemed worse, he put me on an experimental drug to help and oxygen as needed. So in December, as he was ready to retire, he took my case to a board of doctors made up of pulmonary and cardiology specialists, to discuss Linda's case 😁.

January 14, 2020 I went to new pulmonary doctor, he read the report these doctors gave: stop new medicine would cause me more harm than good, need lung biopsy yet all agreed too dangerous with my lung capacity, they could not understand why it looked like IPF yet did not act like it. Now here is conversation of the report.

Me: So you are saying because I am not DEAD they are doubting their diagnosis?

Doctor: You are exactly right, to our knowledge no one has ever lived this long with IPF, and now to show no honeycombing and to be stable is very unusual.

Me: Did you ever stop and think my God has sustained me and it is not time for me to die. (Silence)

Doctor: How are you when you get sick?

Me: I don't get sick, I was told "you can't get sick" and I haven't even had a cold in 6 years, because my God has made sure I don't get sick.

Doctor: Well you look pretty good for someone who's dying. 

Me: Why I am short of breath?

Doctor: It's your lungs!

So let's get this straight, because I am not DEAD as they expected me to be they are going to throw out all the PET scans, CT scans, breathing tests, and symptoms they based their diagnosis on, and now start to do tests to rule out other possibilities. Because they could not accept God has kept me and cut off the source that was coming against me.

Another playback, a couple of years ago (I even wrote about it on Facebook) I had been praying for great faith! Lets just say I didn't know what I was asking for. Because you have to go through great stuff to have your faith to grow.

Some of my friends have said "don't say you still have this that's not faith", and "They would not accept anything but complete healing"!

They have missed the report!!

The report is "I AM ALIVE AND NOT DEAD BECAUSE MY GOD IS FAITHFUL, HE HAS NOT LET ME GO, DOCTORS SAID "YOU SHOULD BE DEAD, YET I AM ALIVE"! I will take that report anytime. Scarring, shortness of breath and a wobble when I walk, doesn't mean a thing when Jesus Christ is with you!

The day after I went to the doctor in my time of prayer is heard God speak "it takes more faith to live with a disease that to be instantly healed". You know why it takes more faith? Because you get up each day inspite of the report, and you believe and trust you are going to live today and tomorrow and each day you do the same thing.

Praising God! Seeing Him in my journey speaks volumes and I hope my story will encourage each who reads this.