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About five minutes later, strength came<br />

back <strong>to</strong> both my leg <strong>and</strong> arm. I could st<strong>and</strong><br />

up <strong>and</strong> proceeded <strong>to</strong> walk <strong>to</strong> the sofa <strong>and</strong> sat<br />

down. Although the strength in my leg <strong>and</strong><br />

arm returned, I felt my mo<strong>to</strong>r skills had not.<br />

My family <strong>to</strong>ok me <strong>to</strong> the hospital where<br />

I underwent some tests. The MRI scan<br />

showed I’d suffered a mild stroke. My world<br />

sank <strong>to</strong>tally. I found myself questioning, How<br />

can this be? I exercise almost daily <strong>and</strong> I’m<br />

careful with my diet.<br />

I was admitted <strong>to</strong> the hospital <strong>and</strong> above<br />

the door of my room hung a cross. I looked<br />

<strong>to</strong> the cross <strong>and</strong> claimed the finished work of<br />

Christ, pronounced my body <strong>health</strong>y because<br />

of His perfect work, <strong>and</strong> kept claiming the<br />

finished work of Christ.<br />

We also par<strong>to</strong>ok of the holy Communion<br />

as a family, <strong>and</strong> I anointed myself with oil. I<br />

prayed <strong>and</strong> claimed God’s promises in Psalm<br />

23:4–6.<br />

By the next day, I could feel that my<br />

strength <strong>and</strong> mo<strong>to</strong>r skills had returned. When<br />

the doc<strong>to</strong>r came <strong>to</strong> examine me in the<br />

morning, he confirmed that my strength had<br />

returned <strong>to</strong> around 80 <strong>to</strong> 85 percent <strong>and</strong> sent

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