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WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE OF YOUR WONDERFUL TESTIMONIES

M.E. can be very debilitating but it can also make sufferers fight, adapt and learn to live with the condition. Every month we will be publishing a testimony on this page from an M.E. sufferer about how they, in particular from a Christian perspective, have managed to push on and seek God in the midst of their hardships.

Alison's Story

‘Through many dangers toils and snares I have already come...’

Its been nearly 20yrs since ME interrupted my energetic social life .A qualified PE/dance teacher/Teacher of the deaf, mother of 2 lovely boys and wife of a PE teacher. I’d already given up teaching to look after the boys, as I had previously lost 2 babies and wanted to make sure I would really enjoy my time now. So what more could I now want? My life complete. Certainly not a chronic illness which nobody understood or believed I really had. Tired exhausted, must be unfit, older mother etc, we are all familiar with the patter.

So where is the good news.... ‘Tis grace that brought me safe thus far`...20 years of stories is too much to cover but God intervened as people began to pray for me, although a non Christian I was desperate for anything! I had sought alternative healing which temporarily relieved some symptoms but it was eventually the healing grace of Jesus that made the difference. I asked him into my life and from then on sought Christian healing as and when
guided.

Over the years I have and continue to receive healing in my body, mind, emotions and spirit. Its not been easy, the `toils and snares’ have been due to other illnesses, a painful marriage break and divorce, the demands of bringing up 2 teenage boys, moving house etc but my Father God has brought me through, as I sought him daily, struggled to trust him and obey him {he really does know best}. Today the journey continues, I’m not climbing mountains, but walking daily with my new Christian husband, whom God really did send (another story). We are helpers in a weekly Alpha group, attending a healing course to learn how to pray for others, having holidays! Wonderful!

I rely on God to give me the strength I need, to do whatever he puts across my path. We still have our houses to sort (the decision to get married etc took enough energy). My elder son is now married, the other at university and elderly parents all of which need help and support at times. No I’m not fully recovered, healing has taken time and continues .20 years of learning to trust and doing things God’s way has brought new life, new hope, new beginnings. ‘I once was lost but now I’m found, was blind but now I see’ I trust for all who read this that your heavenly Father will do the same for you.

Thank you Alison