ADonai Tov: The Lord Is Good
At the start of the meeting, my tense aching shoulders acted up again. My throat was swollen, on fire, and painful especially when swallowing. I have also lost my voice. The pain in the throat was so intense that my eardrums hurt, and the ear pain woke me up at night. As the meeting progressed, I felt peace filling me and resting over my throat. I felt relaxed and my shoulders no longer tensed and aching. My right side of the throat improved and 90% of the symptoms subsided, giving me a much-needed reprieve throat-wise. That night I was finally able to sleep soundly after nights of extremely interrupted sleep. The Word of Knowledge: “the walls of Jericho are crashing down”, was released during the zoom meeting. It immediately resonated in me, bringing to mind the surrender of my fears, anxieties, and worries and my submission to Him during worship. I knew that my healing had started that night and God has broken the hold of COVID-19 over me and my household (as my husband was covid positive too).
During this period, I was prescribed Paxlovid for 5 days. I started taking it on 13 Oct and my infectious disease doctor told me that the estimated recovery period is about a week if not beyond even with Paxlovid. And he was unsure whether it would work as well on me as compared to an elderly patient taking it. On 14 Oct, I went to the hospital to perform blood tests, x-ray, and collect antibiotics. Surprisingly, my blood test results were all normal, totally uncharacteristic of a sick person. Excited I tested myself and the ART kit showed a very faint positive line. I performed my ART on 15 Oct and was cleared. In hindsight, I realized that God has already healed me, and the 14 Oct blood test results revealed His healing for me.
God is good and He healed me of covid in 4 days’ time. He defied human forecasts as my doctor told me not to waste my ART kits testing on D3/4 as he didn't estimate I will be well so soon. I personally believe that God had completely healed me on the 12 Oct night although my body took some time to fully recover. God has also surrounded my husband and me with our CG and BCCM checking in on us daily and we never felt alone. His timing is also perfect in that I turned positive only when my husband has passed the initial stage of the illness. Hence, we were able to take turns caring for each other. God knows everything about me, and HE took care of my worries. My father was covid positive at the same time and he recovered speedily (on day 4) and without much discomfort. My mother who was exposed to my dad and my husband was completely untouched. I could just concentrate on myself and not be distracted. What turns out to be a potentially disastrous event, God turned into a time of me experiencing HIM as my Banner, Provider, Healer, and Shepherd. Most importantly, I experienced HIM as my Abba Father who took over and orchestrated everything for His daughter so that His daughter can rest. The thief came to hurt my family and me, but my Abba Father came to defend, protect, provide, and nurse me back to health.
John 10:10-14
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a [a]hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep and am known by My own.
Shou Zhu
17 October 2022
Psalm 145:9 (ESV)
"The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made."