Testimony, Part 2

When I was going through all those things, it was one of the hardest times in my life. My mother had died just a few months before and I was devastated. Few people knew exactly what I was going through. They knew about the headaches, but not many knew about the memory loss, the depression and the panic attacks. On the outside I looked like one of the strongest people there was, but on the inside I was dying. God ultimately healed me and showed me just exactly how faithful He is.

That was about 7 years ago, but it's funny how doors can be opened to the same old things.

Marty and I have both been under a great deal of stress lately. I felt like I was handling it very well. I tried to stand in faith for every thing that came against us. Apparently, again, that was just on the outside.

Right after Christmas I began having chest pains and having trouble breathing. My doctor was very concerned that it could be heart related. Both of my parents died from heart disease. All of the tests for my heart came back fine. The doctor moved on to other things to check out. Again, nothing. In the midst of this I went back to what I knew to do. Prayer. The pastors prayed, the church prayed. I had to trust God. It was very frustrating. Every test they did on me came back perfect. I was confronted again with the thing that scared me the most. Depression, stress, panic attacks. I decided to deal with it without fear. I am on medication now and it's o.k. God is helping me and I am really doing great. God is so much bigger than the stressors in our life. We have got to make a choice to press into Him. We must not let the stress in our lives be bigger than our God.