TESTIMONY(UPDATED I FORGOT TO ADD SOMETHINGS)

Praise the Lord, people of God, I want to give all the glory, all the honour and all the praise to God Almighty, because what He has done for me is something only God could have done.

I got to know about Battle Axe through a member’s status. I contacted her to find out what it was all about, and she explained everything to me. But she also told me something that almost made me conclude that I could not participate. She said the retreat always involved marathon fasting.Immediately, I told her, I cannot fast. And I wasn’t saying that because I didn’t want to fast. I was saying it because of my health.

My health challenges actually started in 2007, after I had a cholecystectomy, which is the removal of the gallbladder. Unfortunately, I developed complications after the surgery, and that became the beginning of a very long journey with my health.
Since then, I have had four additional surgeries, all in an attempt to correct the complications.
For almost 19 years, I have been managing one health challenge after another, that has affected everything about me, from people think am a sickle cell because of he yellowness of the eye,to how I was sidelined at work and every opportunity by passed me, to how I have been spending 19yrs salary on lab test, MRIs CT scans and medications. I even have food rules, I can’t eat the way I like…There have been times of jaundice, severe body itching, yellowness of the eye,weakness, ulcer symptoms and other complications. Sometimes, even when I try to fast, I end up in the hospital. There are also times when I eat and still experience some of these symptoms.
So, for me, fasting had become a no-go area.
I had simply concluded within myself, I cannot fast.
But when the sister told me about this retreat, something in me said, I will attempt it, so I registered for the programme and I told her
I will fast. God will help me.
So before the retreat started, I went before God and prayed. I asked Him for strength and grace to participate.
And people of God…GOD HELPED ME
I started the fast on Monday, and today is Friday.
I FASTED
The same fasting that I had believed for years was impossible for me, God gave me the grace to do it.
My sister who introduced me to the retreat was even asking me, “Are you sure you will be able to do this? I told her, God will help me.
And truly, God helped me, infact I can’t tell my mum and brother cos they will start to panic, thank God they are both not around.
What amazes me even more is that I did not experience the physical symptoms that I normally expect when I go without food. If I don’t eat before 12pm, my body will be vibrating,
No body itching, No weakness like I usually experience. And when I looked at my eyes, my eyeballs were clear and white.
For someone who has lived with these health challenges for almost 19 years, I cannot take this for granted.
I know what I have experienced over the years. I know what fasting has done to my body in the past. I know how many times I have ended up in the hospital.
So, for me to fast from Monday till Friday and not experience those usual symptoms…
I can only say, THIS IS GOD!
The God who gives strength to the weak, and Heals all diseases
After almost 19 years of dealing with this health challenge, God has given me a testimony.
And I believe this is only the beginning.
May all the glory, all the honour and all the praise be returned to God Almighty, in Jesus’ name.