Thank all of you for allowing me to participate in another SEEK journey. My friend Cheryl H. introduced me to this event a few years ago, and I have enjoyed each journey since then. My testimony has to do with hearing the voice of God. I recently had a bout with Shingles. The pain was right up there with childbirth! I have always heard that it was painful, but I did not expect that level of pain. When my mother heard that I had Shingles, she immediately sent me a bottle of calamine lotion over because she said that would...
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Thank all of you for allowing me to participate in another SEEK journey. My friend Cheryl H. introduced me to this event a few years ago, and I have enjoyed each journey since then. My testimony has to do with hearing the voice of God.
I recently had a bout with Shingles. The pain was right up there with childbirth! I have always heard that it was painful, but I did not expect that level of pain. When my mother heard that I had Shingles, she immediately sent me a bottle of calamine lotion over because she said that would help with the itching, which I did not have. My doctor and she said it would keep the itching at bey and help with the pain. Now, I am allergic to antihistamines and have horrible reactions when I take them or put them on my skin and my mother knows this.
However, when the itching came, as it was drying-up, I applied the calamine, did not read the label, just put it on, and went to bed. About 30 minutes later, while I was sleep, the pain came back! It woke me from a sound sleep. Naturally, I began praying for God to take away the pain and just let me sleep...didn't happen. After about 45 minutes of this, I heard this voice say, "Carolyn, wash off the calamine and the pain will stop."
Well, it was cold and I was in pain. I was not getting out of that bed. So, I continued to pray for relief. Again the voice said, "Wash off the lotion, and the pain will go away."
I do not know how long this lasted, but I was in tears when the voice said again, "Either wash off the lotion or remain in pain."
That's when I finally got up washed off the lotion, read the label, which did have an antihistamine in it, and got back in the bed. Within what seemed like a few minutes, I was pain free and sound asleep. I do believe that was God speaking to me and only when I listened, did I find relief. God does work in mysterious ways.
Thanks again for the this journey.