My testimony is one of healing, and also of God’s gentle faithfulness over time. My family and I are Christians based in India. When my mother was around 88 years old, she suddenly developed a severe movement disorder. Her tongue would move uncontrollably. Along with this, she experienced involuntary movements of her torso, head and legs.
It became extremely difficult for her to eat or sleep. There were times when she would go for over two days without sleep, her body in constant motion. In desperation, we would even try to hold her down, hoping it might help her rest. She required strong sedatives that would knock her out.
Neurologists prescribed Parkinsonian medications, but these often worsened her condition. Because she struggled to swallow properly, food would sometimes enter her lungs, leading to further health issues.
During this time, I prayed daily, asking God for help. One day, in my desperation, I made a vow to God that I would share a healing testimony if He healed her. I did not know if it was right or wrong to pray that way, but it came from a place of deep helplessness.
Soon after, a thought came to me. I remembered a doctor someone had once mentioned, a specialist in movement disorders. Ironically, I had been told that this doctor had not been helpful in another case. But I felt prompted to go anyway.
We took my mother to this small, obscure clinic. The doctor listened carefully, observed her, and quickly identified the issue. He explained that the treatment she had been receiving was actually the opposite of what her brain needed. He prescribed a new course of medication and told us that her condition had likely been caused by the long-term use of another drug.
We returned home and began the treatment. Within a day or two, she started improving. Hallelujah!
Over time, she regained the ability to eat and sleep more normally. Our hearts were filled with relief and gratitude. We knew God had answered our prayers. And then… life went on. I forgot my vow. Seven years passed.
Today, at nearly 95, my mother is critically ill with age-related complications and is on minimal life support. She is struggling, and as a family, we are at peace with letting her go into the Lord’s hands.
But in this season of prayer, God gently reminded me of the vow I had made all those years ago.
“When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it… Fulfill what you vow.” from Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
And so, here I am—sharing this testimony. He is faithful, even when we forget. This testimony is not just about healing, but about grace – God’s grace and mercy that followed me, without accusation even when I broke my promise, gently reminded me and brought me back.
Hi Asha, and praise Jesus for your testimony. It normally happens that when we pray or are still enough without worrying, we hear God’s voice giving an instruction, a word or an encouragement (consolation). Like as happened with Elijah and the still small voice. Sometimes we think it’s our thoughts but no, that’s the Lord’s voice.
Today was a rather chaotic day for me. Early in the morning, I had to take my wife beyond her bus stop because the rain was so heavy and no buses and along the way and close to her destination in that rain the vehicle ran out of fuel! I was so confused and had to trek back about a mile and a half before I got a bike to the filling station and back. My wife walked the remaining quarter of a mile to her office where she had a promotion exam adding to all the normal anxieties.
Now that set me on edge before I got to the site I work and all kinds of issues. On getting home this evening I realized I had lost the keys to the site. And I started to worry because of the inconvenience tomorrow and the unplanned costs of replacements which I don’t know how I’m going to afford that. And to these the normal house struggles of not enough anything and I was beginning to worry and even be angry at God.
Then I heard I still small voice encouraging me to start praying in tongues and soon after a calm started within and a thought came to me on how to solve one problem at the site I had been worrying about, and I called the carpenter to suggest that. And it seemed good to him.
Now I don’t know yet how I’m going to solve the lost keys issue tomorrow morning but I’m no longer worrying. I’m still praying in tongues and I’m calm. Internally I got the revelation that as I prayed, I was involving Jesus in my environment just as He visited the man at the pool of Bethesda and 38 years of gloom and excuses came to an immediate end.
I can’t tell you how happy even I am now even though most of the issues remain but just the possibility of Jesus appearing has completely removed the burden of fear, anger and despair that had deeply taken over my whole day.
So yes, God does speak clearly in silent tones and changes even not as dramatic as in your mom’s case happens. I testify to that too. Praise the Lord.
God is faithful to His promises. Thanks be to God for the healing and praise God for sharing the testimony. Whenever we share the testimony of the glorious things the Lord has done in our lives, the victory gets perfected in us and more people are blessed.
May you fully fulfill the purpose of God for your life in Jesus name.
Shalom