September 6th, 2007 by admin

              Months passed by and I was sticking to the diet, taking my one eye drop, and trusting in God. I was holding on to the three keys that I had been given, but no sign of healing was evident. Actually, cloudiness had developed in the eye and was growing slowly worse. I could not tell if the eye was getting blurry or if it was just cloudy. One thing for sure is that my vision was getting worse. I was concerned because it was becoming more and more difficult to see out of the eye. Missy would pray; I would pray; I would get others to pray; I would get prayed for; I would lay hands on myself; I would listen to healing tapes and television programs; I would lay hands on the television as they would pray for listeners to be healed; I would go hear evangelists and get them to pray for me.  I did everything I knew how to do and got exhausted doing it. I was on this extreme diet, preparing the vegetables for juicing and juicing in the morning before work, coming home at lunch and juicing again, and then juicing once more in the evening after work. I was also reading the Word profusely and praying a lot. I was working hard to be healed and doing everything I knew to do and still not getting better. I remember one day just looking at Missy in the kitchen and saying, �I just can�t do it all.� There were too many demands that were required for me to be well. I had to stay in the Word; I had to pray and build my relationship with the Lord; I had to adhere to this extreme diet and juicing schedule, and I just could not do it all. I also had a very demanding job that required some travel and I was being pulled in many different directions. It was a very difficult time emotionally, and I have not even told you about the Christian general contractor that bellied up and took us all for a ride on that garage cottage we were building. That is another story for another day, but one that added more emotional and financial stress to our already cumbersome life.