Thanks Vergie,
It sure is a shock to here though.
Kathy


At 10:43 AM 6/17/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Kathy,
>I took blood pressure medication for years and my doctor told me 
>when I started taking it I would have to be on it for the rest of my 
>life.  The last time I saw the doctor I took a print out of my blood 
>pressure readings for him to check out.  When he took my blood 
>pressure it was normal and he took me off the medication.  It is a 
>miracle because I have had a lot going on in my life and He is the 
>only one who could have performed that miracle for me.  Don't lose 
>hope, these kinds of miracles do happen.
>Virgie and Hoshi
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 10:12 AM
>Subject: Re: Praise Report
>
>
>>Hey Phil,
>>         I really appreciate this testimony.  I'm finding myself 
>> having to begin with a medical issue of my own that has really 
>> caught me off guard. When I went in for my annual check up about 
>> three weeks ago, my blood pressure was a little high.  I was asked 
>> to keep coming in for checks and, basically, it is bounsing 
>> around.  Yesterday, I had another exam and it was really high, to 
>> the point of scary.  As they were asking me questions, I lead a 
>> pretty healthy life, I don't drink soft drinks, or much junk food 
>> and I walk about three miles a day,  so there isn't much I can do, 
>> but take more blood tests and continue to work on losing weight, 
>> which I hope will help, but now, it looks like I will have to be 
>> using a blood pressure medication.  I've always dreaded the day 
>> when I would have to start taking drugs to stay, "normal," 
>> whatever that is.  Since I deal with a lot of older people who 
>> seem to practically take drug cocktales, it doesn't look 
>> pleasant.  I had always figured that that day, of drugs, was a 
>> long way off for me.  Thanks for the reminder of Jesus.  Of 
>> course, I know that, but it is nice to here it out loud, from someone else.
>>Kathy  whose hoping that I won't need to be on it for long
>>
>>
>>At 01:13 AM 6/17/2006, you wrote:
>>>Virgie,
>>>
>>>That's great.  Years ago I suddenly became ill.  I felt like I was getting
>>>the stomach flue.  I finally went into the bathroom to up chuck and there on
>>>my knees, starting to heave, as it were, I called out loudly, "Jesus!" That
>>>was the only thing I could speak at that second.  I suddenly felt my stomach
>>>settle and nothing happened, that is, I didn't vomit.  I went back out of my
>>>office to work and for an hour, a voice in my thoughts, sort of, kept
>>>saying, it won't last.  I kept rebuking that voice and claiming I was healed
>>>by the stripes of Jesus.  Within an hour, I never had any more symptoms. No
>>>one can tell me that just the name of Jesus doesn't work.  Sure, I have been
>>>sick hundreds of times since that day, not to mention even things in recent
>>>weeks with my back.  I still seek Jesus in each situation, though, and maybe
>>>tomorrow, I will post to the list what happened concerning my back pain when
>>>I began to amend Wednesday.  It is quite miraculous.  Something spiritually
>>>unusual happened to me during these weeks of perpetual back pain that I'll
>>>tell about later.
>>>
>>>Phil.
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