Hubby's conversion

Well i had become a christian, but what about hubby.  I used to come home from church or christian meetings all excited and eager to tell all that i had learnt or what had happended.  He used to listen but say that i couldn't convert him, he believed what he believed and that was that.  He would never really say what he believed only that he didn't totally disbelieve in God.  After all wasn't he in the boy's brigade when he was a boy.  I pointed out that i wasn't trying to convert him, just share what i was doing, and in any case i couldn't convert anyone that was God's job.

So if he thought i was trying to convert him telling what i was up to, i would try a different tack.  This time when i came home i would say nothing, just hello as i came in.  Soon a little vioce would say, 'did you have a good time?'  'Yes thank you,' i would say.  'It was really exciting tonight, lots happended.'  After a while he could contain himself no longer, 'well what happended then tell me.'

No longer could he say i was trying to do anything...  He never did realise i was giving him just a tiny bit of information at a time guarantteed to arouse his curiosity.  LOL!

Anyway, how did he become a christian.  Just a tiny bit of background info first so that it all makes sense.

When my husband was about 17 or so he had a moterbike.  He also had a couple of accidents, one of which left him with a bone in his neck pressing on a nerve.  The outcome was, that he had no feeling in the shoulders, backs of his arms and hands, at least not in the skin area.  One day at work he impaled himself on some wood sticking out and never even realised.  He had to have it dug out at the hospital.  The rest i dug out at home.  He never felt a thing and i enjoyed myself.

Now hold that in mind as i tell you the rest.  Every now and again a few of us from my church would go to another church.  The reason being was because this church had a band, was lively and things were happening and we wanted to see what it was and take it back to our church.  So this Sunday we wanted to go but had no car.  I persuded my husband to take us, and being a good husband he obliged.

After the service the vicar came and talked to us.  I explained where i went to church and why i had come and then he spoke to hubby.  I could hear him saying how he was only the chauffer and only occassionaly came to church with me.  Before i could say a word the vicar said to hubby.  'Would you like to be born again.'  I nearly scoffed out loud.  'Yes' said Hubby right out of the blue.

Before we knew it we were in a back room and the vicar was going through the basics. My husband read through the prayer of salvation or as some people call it the sinners prayer, (all jargon i know, sorry) and said he agreed and understood what it said and then prayed it for himself.

After a little talk by the vicar hubby said he understood what had just happended but it would be nice to have a sign, just as confirmation that Jesus had really come into his life.  The vicar laid a hand across his shoulder and prayed a general pray for hubby asking that he would be filled with the Holy Spirit and that he might have his sign etc. 

The next day hubby couldn't contain himself when he got home. He is a lorry driver and not only did he have his lovely arms and shoulders that i could stick pins in without him knowing, he also had very bad arthritis in his elbow and had been in a lot of pain for about 9 months especially as it was his gear changing arm. 

'Well, he said, i didn't realise it yesterday, it was only after i had started work today that i found i had no pain in my elbow, and guess what else.  I have all the feeling back in my arms, shoulders etc.'  This was in 1989 and he still has the feeling back and no pain in his elbow. 

This elbow has been x-rayed and the doctors have said he should be in a lot of pain with the arthritis in it.  He has since had the pain removed from arthritis in his lower spine.  He has been in agony with this for years and it was made worse by an accident.  He was on pain killers, using a tens machine, and could do gardening, decorating for only about 20 minutes at a time before being in too much pain.  Again, after prayer all pain has gone and has been gone for years.  The doctors predicted he wouldn'tbe able to carry on work but he has and it is very heavy work too, delivering car parts which includes engines and gear boxes.

 A few years ago a  biopsy found pre-cancerous cells in his prostate, after a second biopsy a year later they could find no pre-cancerous cells.  The doctor asked him what he was doing, hubby answered prayer, the doctor said, well just keep doing what your doing.

Well that original experience of answered prayer was just the sign he needed and he hasn't looked back since then.

There is one downside to this story though, hubby now has no excuse for doing his chores in the house and garden.  aah!