Reading this article reminded me of a time in my life when I was forced to lie in bed for about 30 days. I felt like I was one of the most miserable people in the world physically; but looking back those days will forever be a treasure I will never forget.
I could hardly move or think, so the best thing I could do was listen to our prophet. I traveled with him for about two years of his life, from 1960-1962. In order to do this in 30 days, I attended about 5 meetings a day (listen to about 5 messages a day). I could tell when an audience didn’t believe and when they did, or if he could relax or not. I could feel the weariness that we hear in his voice sometimes when we turn on a message.
During these services I had many blessings and re-consecrated my life to the Lord. I remember listening to a very long series of services and thinking, “He needs to rest, I'm sure there will be a long time before he preaches again.” Nope, within a few days or a week he was already in another town holding some more services. (You would need to look at those years yourself to see what I mean.)
I began to truly realize this wasn’t just a summer or two of his life; this was his life until the Lord took him home! He gave up everything to bring us this Message! I was suffering from stomach trouble at the time and couldn't help but think of our prophet who also suffered some from that. I would think to myself, “How could he do it?” My heart would go out to Brother Branham when someone had criticized something about him or the meeting.
I will never forget how it felt to travel like that for a short 2 years, and just to think, I wasn't really doing it! Finally after 30 days in bed, I had gotten so low that not even a sip of water would stay down. I was at my lowest point. Then Jesus came.
In a moment I was instantly healed and raised up praising the Lord. That was exactly 9 years ago this week, and I just wanted to give this testimony in thanksgiving to Him for healing me by His Word.
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