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Lord, Heal Me and Help Me Care for My Body
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almost died two years ago. I had been extremely sick in my abdominal area for months, and I was in and out of different emergency rooms and hospitals, seeing different doctors and specialists, but none of these people could ?nd anything wrong with me. All the tests came back proving I was as healthy as I could possibly be. No one could ?gure out why I was so miserable. In the middle of the most awful night I have ever experienced in my life, I felt something explode in my body so violently that I knew I would die if I didn’t get help. My husband rushed me to the hospital at 3:30 in the morning because I didn’t have time to wait for an ambulance. But then I laid in the emergency room for hours begging someone to help me and telling people I was going to die if somebody didn’t do something soon. I was given all the same tests they had given me many times before, and still no one could ?nd anything wrong with me. My husband prayed for me continually, and when my sister, Susan, and my close friend, Roz, arrived at the hospital, they prayed for me too. They called other people to
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