Since Covid entered my life back in May of 2022, it has been challenging. It has been challenging for several reasons. First it has decided to take an extended stay in my life which is considered the long Covid. Second it has taken me off of my game from working as I normally would. For me this is challenging since I’m typically a person who rarely sits still. Which could be one of the reasons it lingered because work still needed to be done.

Covid is such a controversial issue. I was vaccinated, and still Covid found me. We need to remember that the vaccinations were not to stop us from getting Covid, but to keep us from dying from Covid and needing hospitalization. Everyone will probably get Covid. The question is how bad will your symptoms be. The other issues with Covid are Mask or Not to Mask? Who to believe when it comes to the seriousness of Covid?

I know within my family there have been varying opinions on all of the above. How do you decide who is right? Mask or Not to Mask? Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? Is Covid serious or Not serious? There are arguments for all sides of the issues.

However, now having experienced Covid first hand, I am not a fan. Since I am older and have a compromised immune system it probably hit me harder than others. I am probably one who would have been in the hospital if I were not vaccinated.

I would be a miss if I did not share the real reason that I recovered. After several prescription medicines and trying to do what what I’m supposed to do and not getting any better I watched a sermon from Dr. Charles Stanley and he was preaching on the anointing. I felt led to be anointed the next time I was able to attend church. It had been a few months since I was able to attend. I asked the Pastor to anoint me and it was after I was anointed that my recovery was immediate. When I told my daughter what happened she asked me what took me so long to be anointed. I told her that I just did what everyone else does. I relied on the Dr. and was prescribed medicine to help me get well. Only it didn’t work. This was the first time in my life that I had been anointed and I am grateful for what God did. We are supposed to rely on God for all things. Sure we pray to God and ask for healing, but sometimes we fail to dig deeper into the Bible and trust the word of God. (James 5:14-15) I’ve read the scripture in the Bible multiple times about anointing. But, I never really thought it applied to me. Over my growing up years I had seen healing services where there were anointing’s and prayer. Typically it was for a more serious illness. But, the anointing in the Bible does not specify the degree of sickness. The scripture reads “(14) Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; (15) And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. (NIV)

Until you have experienced it first hand it is hard to understand. I am living proof that God healed me from this affliction. It takes full surrender to God and faith in him to provide and do what he says he will do in His Word. God has never failed me nor forsaken me. When I was praying as the Pastor was anointing me I told God I would take whatever healing that was his will. Whether the healing was for one hour, one day, one week one year or the rest of my life. I would accept God’s will.

I’m grateful for God’s healing over the Covid and the illnesses that were in my body. I thank him and I praise him for loving me and always looking out for me. He is my Lord and savior. And I love him!