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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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