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There are events in life that can be pivotal in our lives such as graduations, marriage, and for those who follow Jesus the big one of coming to faith in Christ. That certainly was huge in my life, but something happened in July 1995 that for me is a dividing line in my life. Everything before July 1995 for me is before and everything since is after.

Starting in 1993 until that day in July 1995, my health was declining. The slow but steady progression of my physical decline meant walking around on feet swollen from edema for almost a year, my hands being swollen with edema for half a year, What I was experiencing caused me to talk slow and also caused memory loss.

One night in July 1995 I was at home alone in my small apartment. I was in so much pain that I thought that was the night I would go home to be with the Lord, so I prayed something along the lines of, “Jesus if tonight you want to take me to heaven that’s okay, but there are more people who need to hear about you and more people who need help.”

When I finished praying, I felt his presence surround me and felt a hand on my shoulder. The pain stopped, but I was still sick.

The next day I went to the doctor and was sitting in the exam room. He wanted to hospitalize me because my tests for heart, liver, and kidney were all way off. He was at the door of the exam room leaving when I blurted out, “I am tired of feeling cold.” I should explain for those in other countries that July in Nebraska is one of the hottest months of the year. He turned around and said, “Now you have told me something.” The nurse came in and took another blood sample. They finally found the cause. It wasn’t anything exotic like a rare disease or critical like cancer. In fact it is almost embarrassing to say that it was hypothyroid, It is easy enough to take care of, but the problem was that I had walked around for two years with it getting worse, so by the time they found it, I was close to dying.

My health turned around and I got my memory back, but it is difficult to explain the difference. It is kind of like my memory before that time was in black and white and everything else was in color. It was like being reborn into a completely different life as I emerged from that experience.

So for me my life is divided into two parts, before July 1995 and after July 1995. July 1995 was pivotal in my life.

Thank you for reading. God Bless 🙂