One Sunday after
going to church, we decided to get Marie's horse, King
Fox, and go to Highland Park near Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. After enjoying an afternoon in the sun, we
told Marie to ride back and stable the horse so that
we could go to Sunday evening services. She rode thru
the woods and we rode around the woods in our car.
When we got back to
the stables, the horse was tied up and Marie was lying
in a car. She had fallen off King Fox and broken her
arm. Her face was white and her lips were blue. This
shocked Earline and I but we had the presence of the
Holy Spirit so we prayed for Marie; nothing happened
outwardly.
After putting the
horse in the stable and Marie in our car, we headed
for home. We didn't know whether to take her to the
hospital or to the doctor or to depend upon God for
healing. As we rode back home, the Lord quickened
Psalm 37:23 to my mind, "The steps of a good man are
ordered by the Lord---". I asked God to order our
steps about what to do.
After we reached
home, Marie sat in the car and felt of the bones in
her arm. She could feel the dislocated broken bones.
We called our family doctor, Dr. Lee, but he was out
and his backup was not to be found either, PRAISE THE
LORD! Earline said that one of us should be in the car
with Marie.
I said I would go
and went back to my study to get the anointing oil. As
I came out, Earline said, "Go get your oil and pray
for Marie". God had given us a "Word of Wisdom" found
in I Cor. 18:8, one of the nine gifts of the Holy
Spirit. We? were familiar with James 5:14-15 about
anointing with oil and praying the prayer of faith. I
then anointed Marie's forehead, held her hand of the
broken arm, and we all prayed again. Her arm tingled
and she could feel the bones moving within the arm,
PRAISE THE LORD!
We then took her to
Doctor's Memorial Hospital where she was x-rayed and
attended by Dr. Kilroy, a bone specialist. He was a
very talkative doctor and showed us the x-ray. He
could see a complete break thru the shoulder socket.
The bone was perfectly set and a chipped bone was
perfectly in place. We told Dr. Kilroy about praying
for her arm and he said that it was unusual to see
that type of break and not have to set the bone.
He put a cast just
past Marie's elbow and said come back in three weeks.
Earline and Marie prayed that she would be completely
healed by then. Dr. Kilroy examined her and took
another x-ray to prove she was not healed. PRAISE THE
LORD, she was healed, the cast was taken off, and she
rode King Fox three weeks after the arm was broken!
Any doctor will tell you that it takes six to eight
weeks to heal an ordinary break and longer for
complicated breaks.
We had memorized a
verse in church the Sunday before the accident, Jer.
32:27, "Behold I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is
there anything too hard for me?" The answer naturally
is, no; God is not limited by our faith.
Since then I have
heard of three other cases where God set the bones and
I personally know two of the individuals.
The Lord taught us a
number of lessons:
1. Anointing with
oil is important to Him.
2. Place the blood
of JESUS over your family everyday.
3. He will heal
injuries as well as sickness.
4. Be ready to pray
at all times.
To God be the glory,
honor and praise for everything that was done.