Suffering for Fifteen Years!

Valerie recalls, “I thought (trying to breathe) and I start – and I thought, I’m not breathing enough to make a feather move. But I could only get to here, to like the middle of my stomach here. And that's all the further the air seemed like it was going.”

For 15 years, Valerie Martin, struggled to breathe normally. She was lethargic all day and accomplishing even routine activities was a chore. It all started in the summer of 2007.

Valerie shares, “It really frustrated me because my quality of life had drastically changed. I no longer felt that I was functioning as a normal person.”

Now the once active Valerie was mostly confined to her home. Trying to avoid a trip to the doctor, she used a medicated salve at night to open her airways.

Valerie says, “And I would put it under my nose and around my nose so that I could be able to breathe better at night. It helped some, but it didn't help enough.”

After two years of suffering, she finally went to the doctor who diagnosed her with sleep apnea. He sent her to a sleep specialist who told her that her oxygen levels were dangerously low and prescribed a c-pap machine.

Valerie remembers, “I’d use this thing for a year in a half and you felt, like out of that year in a half, you got like five or six good night's of sleep, and I thought, ‘This is not working.’”

Valerie says by now her mind was always in a fog where she could not focus at home or on her job as a caseworker at the Early Learning Resource Center.

Valerie shares, “My mind is not working and I’m just trying to struggle to be able to understand what I’ve got in front of me here. I didn’t know what was going on. So, it was very embarrassing.”

Valerie trusted God to heal her. 

Valerie says, “I could just say Lord I need your help. I can’t do this, and I don’t want to live like this anymore.”

Then on October 15th, 2020, Valerie was at work when her mom, Erma Gene, called and said she had heard a prayer of healing for Valerie on the 700 Club that morning. At home, after work she watched the show that re-aired later that evening. Then she heard Terry say….

Terry Meeuwsen says, “There’s someone else, you have breathing issues. You just never seem to able to take a complete breath. Right now, take a complete breath and exhale as Jesus Christ heals you completely.”

Valerie recalls, “And I thought, that is me!!! I am going to claim that. I believe that is for me.”

For the first time in years, Valerie slept through the night. The next morning, she knew God healed her.

Valerie shares, “I can feel the air going clear down to my stomach and back. I've not felt that. It was exhilarating.”

Valerie has not had any breathing problems since, and her mental clarity is improving every day. She encourages everyone to continue to trust God for their healing no matter how long you have waited.

Valerie says, “Keep believing. Keep remembering that He loves you. And that He will never leave you nor forsake you, but He will always, always be there walking this out for your benefit. And He will heal you.”