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Christian healing

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 00:33

 

I am a Christian but I have also lived with epilepsy for 16 years (half my life)

I have never been quite sure about asking God for healing (although many friends have suggested I should) but today I feel like I've had a bit of a break through on this front after re-reading one of Jesus' healing stories. 

So I've laid myself at His feet as it were, and I'm now praying with all my heart and all my belief that he will heal me of the humiliation, the fear, the medication that epilepsy is for me - to say nothing of the issues with driving a car.

I'm also praying for my two sisters who have epilepsy as well as my two nieces who have it too (one of whom is just a few months old). And finally, for any of my unborn children who may also contract epilepsy.

But most of all right now, I need healing for myself.

Yet now that I've experienced this amazing breakthrough, I'm not quite sure where to go next. I don't feel physically different and while I have every trust and hope in God that He's healed me, I would want to get myself checked by a neurologist before I stopped taking medication. Should I be seeing a neurologist asap and asking for an MRI scan??

Or is this just the beginning of a journey towards total healing?

I know this sounds confusing but I am a little confused! I guess I'd love to hear some advice/stories from Christian epileptics who are travelling this same road towards possible healing.

I hope someone out there can help me...! 

(BTW if anyone knows any Christian neurologists living in Brisbane, Australia, I would appreciate such contact details).

 

 

 

Comments

Re: Christian healing

Submitted by teachergreen on Tue, 2010-02-09 - 17:57

I agree 100%. I have put my life in God's hands and know he'll show me the way. I may not be able to teach elementary school again but he's given me another idea. Maybe Bridge of Faith needs my assistence and I could teach guitar, English as a Second Language, computer, write grants, even do consoling (degree in psychology but never really used professionally). The tricky part of course is transportation. The house is in the next city over but city bus transit won't take me there. I'll just have to find other sources. I'm going to keep bugging the city to see if there's  way.

Maybe this is the Lord's will.

Staying home being "safe" is not the way I want to spend my life even though this makes my husband and sons more comfortable. I'm blessed my seizures don't happen daily (4-6 monthly). 

Many of my friends feel I have it made being able to stay home.

I agree 100%. I have put my life in God's hands and know he'll show me the way. I may not be able to teach elementary school again but he's given me another idea. Maybe Bridge of Faith needs my assistence and I could teach guitar, English as a Second Language, computer, write grants, even do consoling (degree in psychology but never really used professionally). The tricky part of course is transportation. The house is in the next city over but city bus transit won't take me there. I'll just have to find other sources. I'm going to keep bugging the city to see if there's  way.

Maybe this is the Lord's will.

Staying home being "safe" is not the way I want to spend my life even though this makes my husband and sons more comfortable. I'm blessed my seizures don't happen daily (4-6 monthly). 

Many of my friends feel I have it made being able to stay home.

Re: Christian healing

Submitted by cdurut on Tue, 2010-02-09 - 19:33

 

I know exactly what you mean about a change in careers - I'm searching for a new job at the moment and the driving issue is constantly in the back of my mind when applying for these jobs (as technically, I'm not supposed to be driving at all due to the fact that I've started have complex partial seizures lately - mild but still very frightening seizures. I hate them!)

But I've decided to really put my life and my epilepsy in God's hands too especially as I don't want to spend the rest of my life ''playing it safe'' and stuck at home. "For the Lord has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love..." (2 Timothy 1:7)

I don't know whether I will be healed. I know plenty of people have asked for healing and it hasn't happened. So be it. I can only be thankful that my epilepsy isn't fatal like cancer or isn't even really bad ie grand mal seizures every single day.

 

 

I know exactly what you mean about a change in careers - I'm searching for a new job at the moment and the driving issue is constantly in the back of my mind when applying for these jobs (as technically, I'm not supposed to be driving at all due to the fact that I've started have complex partial seizures lately - mild but still very frightening seizures. I hate them!)

But I've decided to really put my life and my epilepsy in God's hands too especially as I don't want to spend the rest of my life ''playing it safe'' and stuck at home. "For the Lord has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love..." (2 Timothy 1:7)

I don't know whether I will be healed. I know plenty of people have asked for healing and it hasn't happened. So be it. I can only be thankful that my epilepsy isn't fatal like cancer or isn't even really bad ie grand mal seizures every single day.

 

Re: Christian healing

Submitted by maBenzi on Wed, 2010-02-10 - 03:29

A lot of my friends are still unaware of the reason I am at home. Add to that I get some household help in as well. They are so envious, it would be funny if it were not so sad. I need the woman to be around while my kids go to university and school. She leaves when they come home.

That said, you are right. Perhaps my underutilised Psychology major can be put to good use, too. Thanks.

A lot of my friends are still unaware of the reason I am at home. Add to that I get some household help in as well. They are so envious, it would be funny if it were not so sad. I need the woman to be around while my kids go to university and school. She leaves when they come home.

That said, you are right. Perhaps my underutilised Psychology major can be put to good use, too. Thanks.

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