MY STORY
AFTER SEVEN LONG YEARS,
FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE,
FROM HEART BEAT TO HEART BEAT,
THE MIRACLE I
FAITHFULLY PRAID FOR FINALLY CAME TRUE
IN APRIL 2024 ​
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MY​ WIFE IS LEGALLY BLIND
AND HAD JUST COME
OUT OF HOSPITAL AFTER
FIGHTING A SERIOUS
LIFE THREATENING INFECTION.
ALL WAS GOING WELL,
BUT ON THIS
MORNING, HER CONDITION
DETERIORATED AND I HAD TO
GET EMERGENCY SUPPLIES.​​
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I WAS ON MY WAY HOME, WHEN I STARTED TO FEEL
VERY DIZZY AND WEAK
I HAD SUFFERED A STROKE 2 YEARS EALIER IN 2022.
BUT OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS,
I HAD OVER 25 MINI STROKES.
I KNEW THE SIGNS WELL.
BUT HAD TO STOP AND REST
EVERY FEW YARDS
JUST TO CATCH MY BREATH
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I THOUGHT, OH NO HERE I GO AGAIN
I HAD FALLEN A NUMBER OF TIMES
AND ACTUALLY PASSED OUT .
GETTING HOME WAS A BATTLE,
I FAITHFULLY CRIED OUT
TO GOD FOR STRENGTH
AND WOULD OFTEN USE
MY FAVOURITE SCRIPTURE
PHILIPPIANS 4/13
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
WHO STRENGTHENS ME .​
I WAS REPEATING IT OVER AND OVER​
JUST TO GET MYSELF HOME.
BUT THIS MORNING WAS DIFFERENT,
I WAS SO ANXIOUS ABOUT MY WIFE.
I REMEMBER THAT TRAGIC FEELING,
I HAD NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE.
IT WAS A PIVOTAL MOMENT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MY SEVEN YEAR BATTLE.
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I ACTUALLY WANTED TO GIVE UP,
IT WAS THE END FOR ME.
I JUST WANTED TO DIE. ​
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I WAS JUST 15 STEPS
FROM MY DOORSTEP,
I THEN BEGAN TO CRUMBLE,
TO THE GROUND.
I KNEW THEN I WOULD NOT
MAKE IT HOME.
I CRIED OUT TO GOD AGAIN,
BUT THIS TIME, IT WAS
NOT A CRY OF FAITH.
IT WAS A CRY OF THE UTMOST
STATE OF DESPAIR,
MY SPIRIT WAS CRUSHED
IT WAS TOTALLY BROKEN
SO I JUST WAITED,
IN COMPLETE SURRENDER
TO FACE MY FATE.
OH LORD, I WAS ONLY
15 STEPS ...FROM HOME.
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HERE I WAS, AFTER
SEVEN HARSH YEARS.
I SHAMEFULLY GAVE UP,
BUT NOT MY GOD,
HE NEVER GIVE UP ON ME.
AND IN A MOST
UNEXPECTED WAY
GOD THEN, ANSWERED MY PRAYER
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WITH RESPECT,
PLEASE UNDERSTAND,
I AM NOT BEING OVER DRAMATIC,
BUT I DO HAVE THIS TO SHARE.
THIS WAS THE MOST
TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE
OF MY LIFE.
I WILL NEVER BE ABLE
TO FULLY EXPLAIN
THIS TRAGIC MOMENT .
AND I NEVER WANT TO
EXPERIENCE THIS STATE
OF DESPAIR, EVER AGAIN.
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I THEN SURRENDERED,
I SAT AND WAITED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG FOR,
BUT IT WAS A VERY LONG
PAUSE OF SILENCE.
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THEN THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENED,
A MOST UNNATURAL EVENT
BEGAN TO UNFOLD, OUT OF THE BLUE,
A SONG HAD ENTERED MY HEAD.
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HERE IS THE SONG ​​​​
IT WAS THREE LITTLE BIRDS
BY BOB MARLEY
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THESES ARE THE LYRICS
DON'T WORRY ABOUT A THING
EVERY THING WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THIS SONG,
I HAD HEARD IT A FEW TIMES.
BUT I DID NOT KNOW THE WORDS.
I HAD NEVER SUNG IT,
I COULD NOT BELIEVE
WHAT I WAS HEARING.
I PICKED UP MY PHONE
AND GOOGLED THE WORDS.
SURELY, THIS WAS NOT
HOW GOD WAS GOING
TO ANSWER MY PRAYER?
SURELY NOT ?
BUT THIS SONG
WAS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED
TO HEAR, IN THAT TRAGIC
MOMENT OF MY LIFE.
THOUGH I DID NOT
UNDERSTAND IT QUITE YET,
ALL MY PRAYERS
RIGHT THEN AND THERE
WERE ABOUT TO BE ANSWERED
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I WAS ABOUT TO RECEIVE
MY MIRACLE HEALING
I SAT LISTENING TO THAT SONG
OVER AND OVER AGAIN .
I DON'T KNOW FOR HOW LONG
BUT THE MORE I LISTENED
THE BETTER I FELT.
MY STRENGTH SLOWLY RETURNED,
MY DIZZY SPELLS AND ANXIETY
SLIPPED AWAY AND WERE REPLACED
WTH A MOST WONDERFUL
FEELING OF OVERWHELMING
PEACE JOY AND HOPE
I STOOD UP AND SLOWLY
WALKED TO MY FRONT DOOR.
BUT ONCE AGAIN,
THAT SOFT FAMILIAR VOICE
WHISPERED IN MY HEART
URGING ME TO GO
BACK INDOORS. BUT I WAS
NOT TO SAY A WORD TO MY WIFE
ABOUT WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED
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I WAS TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN
TO THAT SONG IN MY HEAD,
BUT JUST DO SOMETHING NORMAL.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
THAT SOFT VOICE
URGED ME TO ONCE AGAIN
TO COMMIT TO MY PLEDGE
FOR THE SAKE OF MY WIFE
MY DAUGHTER MY GOD
AND TO MYSELF ​
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I MUST PLEDGE TO NEVER
ALLOW FEAR AND DOUBT
TO EVER RULE OVER
MIND AND HEART AGAIN
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BUT THE STRANGEST THING
THAT SONG NEVER STOPPED
PLAYING IN MY MIND
IT WAS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD
IT WOULD NOT STOP.
THOSE WORDS CONTROLLED
MY EVERY THOUGHT.
THE SONG DID NOT ALLOW ME
TO SINK BACK INTO
THOSE DESTRUCTIVE FEARFUL
AND DOUBTFUL THOUGHTS
IN FACT THAT SONG FILLED MY MIND
AND HEART, WITH
PEACE, JOY AND HOPE.​​​
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DURING THAT AFTERNOON
MY WIFE RECOVERED
IT WAS THEN THAT ​I LEARNED,
OH MY GOSH, WHEN MY
THINKING CHANGED, IT ALSO
IMPACTED MY WIFE'S RECOVERY.
THAT NIGHT I WENT TO BED
AND THAT SONG WAS STILL
PLAYING IN MY HEAD.
I WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY
AND THAT SONG WAS STILL
PLAYING IN MY HEAD.
​BUT THEN, WHEN I GOT OUT OF BED,​
I DID WHAT I HAD ALWAYS DONE.
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I CHECKED MY HEART
I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT,
MY HEART WAS BEATING NORMALLY
AT SEVENTY BPM.
IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS
I HAD NOT WOKEN
TO A NORMAL AND REGULAR BEAT .
AND YES THAT SONG KEPT
COMING BACK INTO MY MIND.
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I LOVE THAT SONG DON'T YOU ?
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THREE WEEKS LATE I WENT
FOR MY USUAL
SIX MONTH CHECKUP
MY DOCTOR LOOKED AT ME
AND SAID THESE WORDS
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OH LORD, HOW I HAVE WAITED
SO LONG TO HEAR THESE WORDS​
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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
YOUR HEART IS BEATING
SO MUCH STRONGER
I SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSAND
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BUT I DID...YAY!!!
I TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD.
AFTER FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE ​
I HAD TO CONQUER MY FEARS
AND MY DOUBTS
BUT IT TOOK SEVEN LONG YEARS
AND FINALLY ON THAT DAY,
IN APRIL 2024 I WAS HEALED
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BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
I HAD TO LEARN
THE HARDEST FOUGHT
LESSON OF MY LIFE
I MUST CHOOSE THE THOUGHTS
I ALLOW TO RULE OVER
MY MIND AND MY HEART.
AND I MUST FILL MY HEART WITH
GODS FEARLESS LOVE,
NOT MANS DESTRUCTIVE FEAR.
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BOB MARLEYS SONG
THREE LITTLE BIRDS
WAS JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE
NOW I FULLY UNDERSTAND
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I MUST PLEDGE, TO NEVER
ALLOW FEAR TO RULE OVER
MY MIND AND HEAT EVER AGAIN
I MUST CONSTANTLY BE ON MY GUARD
TO THE EVER PRESENT DANGER
OF FEAR AND DOUBT
AND TO COMMIT CONSTANTLY
TO RENEW MY MIND ​
I ALSO PLEDGE THAT
I WILL SHARE THIS
MESSAGE AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY
THAT PRESENTS ITSELF
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THIS IS MY LIFE MISSION
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COULD YOU PLEASE
TAKE A MOMENT AND LISTEN
TO MY SONG I PRODUCED
AND SUNG ONLINE
IT'S ONLY A DEMO
A SNEAK INTERVIEW​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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