My whole family have bad back pain through overdoing it.

My Bible: reasons to believe in the power of the Bible

‘My whole family have bad back pain through overdoing it. Once, I went to the local church and I got very involved. I ran the music there, and I was involved in politics, standing for the local council. I had a job as a guitar teacher in various schools and had two children. My husband was away a lot for work. 

‘I had bent over to pick up a book and that was it, I couldn’t get up. My back had gone into spasm. I recovered, but it happened again, and this time, it was extreme pain. I was in bed for six weeks. I was very, very stuck. I was quite disabled by it. I had my back in a cast for two weeks. Neighbours prepared food and I suppose, helped me to go to the bathroom. All I can remember is the pain. It was all I could think about. 

‘Revelation 3.20 came to my mind, ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.’ As I lay there, I wrote a song about it. I’m still proud of it, particularly the words. 

‘It’s terribly important to think that the Lord is always with you. This verse in Revelation is so wonderful. We worry that if we let him in, we haven’t got a meal for him and the house is untidy. But he just wants to talk to us. That’s what’s important. 

‘I got so used to lying in bed that I could just accept Christ’s presence and not turn and think about anything that needed to be done, because I couldn’t do anything.’

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