The wrist

About 3 months ago, I developed a rash on my left wrist. It started with just a few bumps but over the last three months, has spread to be about 2 inches long and covers the entire backside of my wrist. I've tried anti-histamines, anti-fungals, have been on anti-biotics. Nothing seemed to be working. The rash would change form every couple of days. Sometimes it was angry and red, with elevated bumps, other times it looked like leathery skin, and still other times was almost waxy. The only thing that was consistent about the rash was that it was constantly itchy, continued to grow and was ever-changing.

Last week it reached it's climax. We tried everything to calm it down but nothing was working and it was itching like a dog in a poison ivy patch. Not being the happiest camper that night, I tucked myself into bed. A few moments later, Julia came on in to see how it was (she's a RN). Seeing that it wasn't any better, she suggested we pray for it.

I know what you are thinking: oh duh, that's obvious. Why didn't I do that before? You are a missionary ErinStacy. Yeah, well, I had said some prayers to God about it as a side note. Needless to say, she sat on my bed with me and we PRAYED that it would stop itching and that the redness would go away for good. This was a real prayer.

Well, 1 week later the rash is almost completely gone. It has not itched or been red since.

For those of you who are use to seeing "healings" happen on a regular basis, this is probably nothing for you. But, I can say that I don't know if I have ever prayed for a healing on my body before and seen it happen. Really seen it happen. I didn't put a single medication on it since we prayed and it went away. The next time I opened my eyes, it was gone. The one thing that I can say was different about this prayer was that I was at the end of myself. I knew, after trying to make it better for three months, that nothing that I was going to do was going to make it any bit better. I really believed, thoroughly, that God could and would heal it. Julia told me a couple of days ago that she sort of felt a nudge to go and pray for my wrist, and that she really hadn't done that before either.

I've been learning a lot about healing in this culture. Being surrounded by a culture that very strongly believes in spirits and demons, both good and bad, has opened my eyes to many things and given me a lot to think about, especially from a Biblical perspective. More to come on that, but I wanted to share with you how cool it was to see my wrist be healed.