Fasting for a Miracle by Elmer L. Towns

Author:Elmer L. Towns [Towns, Elmer L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fasting—Religious aspects—Christianity, Miracles
ISBN: 9781441267252
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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13

Prevailing Over Pain and Healing Sickness

On Friday, October 3, 2008, as I finished shaving, I used a Q-tip to clean some wax out of my ears. When I inserted the swab, suddenly my right ear went deaf. I could barely distinguish any sound.

My first reaction was that I had inserted the Q-tip too far into the canal and damaged my eardrum. I was scared. Had I injured myself?

I prayed for God to restore my hearing. It was the type of prayer I prayed whenever I had a physical ailment. Going to God was always my first reaction. I would seek Him for immediate healing. But prayer for my ear didn’t make any difference.

I squirted some hot water into my ear, but nothing happened. I asked myself, What is God trying to tell me?

Then I decided to pray boldly. Just as I had laid hands on other people to pray for their healing, I laid my hands on my right ear and prayed for God to restore my hearing.

Nothing happened.

My greatest fear was related to preaching and teaching. If I couldn’t hear well, eventually it would affect my pronunciation and enunciation.

My wife used a commercial product to remove earwax, and I decided to give it a try. When she inserted the solution, I could feel gurgling down in my ear, but didn’t know what was happening. When I turned my head to drain the solution out of my ear canal, it seemed as though the solution didn’t help—in fact, it hurt and further diminished my hearing. So I decided not to try any more home remedies.

The loss of hearing continued through the weekend. It was like when I used to swim in the ocean or a pool, and my ears would become plugged up with water. I heard people talking, but it sounded as though they were talking through a pipe or cylinder. Monday was my usual time of fasting, so I prayed, “God, restore hearing in my right ear.” Nothing happened!

The following week, I asked my early Sunday morning prayer group to pray for a miracle in my right ear. Paul Johnson, an insurance salesman, said to me, “I have the same problem all the time. I get wax in my ear, and I go see Dr. Hengerer, an otolaryngologist. When prayer is not enough, go see a doctor.”

The next day, I made an appointment—and that afternoon, I waited my turn to see Dr. Hengerer.

He looked at my ear with an otoscope and said, “Hum.” His “hum” scared me. I had no idea what it meant. For some reason, I believed the worst. We went into the next room, where I lay down on the examining table. With a small instrument, he reached into my right ear and pulled out the biggest, ugliest blob of yellow earwax I had ever seen.

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