In 1996 I attended “Washington for Jesus” in Washington DC . I went to honor Christ Jesus. Plans were made at the last moment. It’s not easy to get a hotel room in DC when the District is expecting a large crowd for a scheduled event. Yet the airline tickets and hotel room pulled together like clockwork.
It was the most wonderful event. You could feel the adoration and love for Jesus everywhere. The music, speakers and testimonies were so uplifting. The weather, however, was inclement. It was very cold and it frequently rained. I felt frozen to the bone and my teeth were constantly chattering. Although I wasn’t sick enough to visit the triage area, I still went. The volunteers took pity on me and provided me with a blanket which helped to mitigate the cold.
A well known evangelist with the gift of healing appeared for the last segment of the event. When he got up at the pulpit – he praised Jesus immediately and noted that the sun was coming out. Within a few moments the rain stopped. He told everyone to put their hand on the spot where the pain was located on their body. I placed my hand on the bottom of my lower spine. For the past month, I had been going to the chiropractor every 2-3 days for pain in my lower back. I had a slight curvature of the spine or scoliosis which was situated between my two shoulder blades.
My upper spine curvature forced my lower back to over compensate which placed inordinate pressure on my lower discs and considerable pain in my lower back region. Again, the back problem was caused by the upper spine area but the pain more frequently radiated in my lower back region. Therefore I placed my hand on my lower back only and not the upper spine area. The evangelist with the healing gifts spoke to the audience and asked everyone to repeat the same words after him. We did and we also declared our healing in the Name of Jesus. I then left the event and headed for the airport to return home.
The next morning as I was getting ready for work, I turned on the television to a Chrisitan broadcasting network. The same evangelist with the gift of healing appeared on this broadcast. He said aloud, “there is someone who is being healed of a lower back problem.” I remember saying out loud to the Holy Spirit, “Everyone has lower back problems if this is for me he has to say, ‘Someone who has curvature of the spine.’ If he says exactly that then I will claim this healing for myself.” Just then the evangelist said on television, “This individual has curvature of the spine”. At that point, I claimed the healing for myself. For (3) days thereafter I felt my spine moving in subtle ways. Actually I was quite concerned about the movement so I contacted my chiropractor and he requested that I schedule an appointment. During the scheduled appointment, he took an x-ray of my spine area and asked that I return again in (3) days when the film was developed.
When I returned he expressed complete amazement over my spine’s improvement. He compared the recent x-ray with a different x-ray taken (6) months earlier. The x-rays were overtly different from one another. A five year old could tell the difference. He got out very specific tools to measure the changes. He said that the lower spine area (where I placed my hand on the pain spot) was incredibly improved. He was amazed. Because I didn’t place my hand during the healing service on my upper spinal area – there was little change in that area.
To this day, I still have the x-ray. The chiropractor’s pen markings are still visible where he measured and calculated the ratio of improvement on my spine. Praise Jesus!
Testimony by: Elizabeth