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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).
Re: Christian healing
Submitted by arrowland on Sat, 2010-12-18 - 23:04
I was blessed with a diagnosis 3 years ago, and all I could say was THANK GOD. I had lived with seizures for about 30 years...
I thought I was nuts before I knew what my issues were! I had a brain tumor, and because of the tumor have lived with absence, atonic, and partial seizures most of my life (maybe if I did the grand mal thing, the tumor would have been found much earlier).
How wonderful to learn that my whole family did not pre-plan to change conversation subjects midstream and leave me in the dust. How comforting to learn that my husband had not been kicking me when I slept (why would anyone do that, and why did he say I was the one moving around when clearly I was the one getting bruises-from my thrashing...and why did it continue even after he died? and why did I keep falling off the bed?) I wasn't forgetful or dealing w/ early onset Alzheimers (I'm in my early 40's) when my coat ended up in the freezer, I wasn't facing knee surgery just because my knees sometimes gave out, I wasn't hearing things when I had an aura, and the tripping and falling for no reason wasn't a desperate pleas for attention, people did not drive backwards down the highway wherever there was a putting cage or river nearby, and I am not a super-klutz!
Sure, I pray. I just don't know what God's plan is for me. HE uses my situation to put me places where I can witness and comfort fellow believers and people who are dealing with brain tumors and/or seizures or have other medical issues (their own, or loved one's issues, doesn't seem to matter). The inability to drive forces me to be more physically active. HE places people in my life who are a tremendous support system. And I probably would not have gotten a dog after the kids moved out, but a friend trained him and I love coming home to the unconditional welcome. I know I wouldn't do as much grass roots campaigning (sidewalks to bike on and public transportation, anyone?). I wouldn't have the awesome plastic dishes that make friends with small children totally comfortable as dinner guests, and nobody on a tight budget feels like its charity when they bring me to my favorite restaurants and I pay. I personally create 2 volunteers wherever I want to volunteer (my ride usually helps too). Does it get any better?
It took a couple years to get to this pont, but now, Saint D, God, and I have a conversation daily... we have agreed that not my will but His will is primary here. Maybe this too shall pass, maybe not. Who am I to question God? The most important thing is that I continue to find peace with the whole lifestyle (most days, anyway!).
I was blessed with a diagnosis 3 years ago, and all I could say was THANK GOD. I had lived with seizures for about 30 years...
I thought I was nuts before I knew what my issues were! I had a brain tumor, and because of the tumor have lived with absence, atonic, and partial seizures most of my life (maybe if I did the grand mal thing, the tumor would have been found much earlier).
How wonderful to learn that my whole family did not pre-plan to change conversation subjects midstream and leave me in the dust. How comforting to learn that my husband had not been kicking me when I slept (why would anyone do that, and why did he say I was the one moving around when clearly I was the one getting bruises-from my thrashing...and why did it continue even after he died? and why did I keep falling off the bed?) I wasn't forgetful or dealing w/ early onset Alzheimers (I'm in my early 40's) when my coat ended up in the freezer, I wasn't facing knee surgery just because my knees sometimes gave out, I wasn't hearing things when I had an aura, and the tripping and falling for no reason wasn't a desperate pleas for attention, people did not drive backwards down the highway wherever there was a putting cage or river nearby, and I am not a super-klutz!
Sure, I pray. I just don't know what God's plan is for me. HE uses my situation to put me places where I can witness and comfort fellow believers and people who are dealing with brain tumors and/or seizures or have other medical issues (their own, or loved one's issues, doesn't seem to matter). The inability to drive forces me to be more physically active. HE places people in my life who are a tremendous support system. And I probably would not have gotten a dog after the kids moved out, but a friend trained him and I love coming home to the unconditional welcome. I know I wouldn't do as much grass roots campaigning (sidewalks to bike on and public transportation, anyone?). I wouldn't have the awesome plastic dishes that make friends with small children totally comfortable as dinner guests, and nobody on a tight budget feels like its charity when they bring me to my favorite restaurants and I pay. I personally create 2 volunteers wherever I want to volunteer (my ride usually helps too). Does it get any better?
It took a couple years to get to this pont, but now, Saint D, God, and I have a conversation daily... we have agreed that not my will but His will is primary here. Maybe this too shall pass, maybe not. Who am I to question God? The most important thing is that I continue to find peace with the whole lifestyle (most days, anyway!).