We moved out to a cabin, which was located on a little island. On that island, there were spiders that were toxic. When they bit, the venom would cause the bite area to swell. If bit on a finger, the finger would swell to about three times the size, and the swelling would travel from one finger to another. The swelling would stay for days. We were getting bit on the fingers a lot, which would be painful and we would lose the use of the finger until the swelling would go down. The bites around the eyes were the worst. The bite area would at times swell the eye shut, so as to not see. This became very serious. We turned to the source of all knowledge, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not!
As we prayed for enlightenment, the idea came; How did the indiginous peoples deal with this situation?
It was a good question. And so began our research. We may have taken a trip to a city, to visit a library, and also researched online to find information on indiginous healing practices and herbs in our location.
We discovered reference to a plant called Green Alder, the leaves of which were used to make a poultice to draw out the poisons, and reduce swelling. This seemed to be exactly what we needed. We found pictures of what this bush looked like, and again, we took our discovery to the Lord, and asked Him to lead us to this plant.
We did find the plant, it seemed to grow all over the shorelines and in wet areas. We gathered some of the leaves and crushed them, mixing them in water to make a paste. We applied this poultice to the swollen area, but nothing happened!
We went back to the Lord in prayer, asking for guidance. It still seemed to be the correct plant, it was just that we were using it incorrectly. Inspiration came to chew the leaves first, that the saliva was needed to activate the healing properties. So we chewed the leaves, spit out the paste, and applied the poultice to the swollen area, ... nothing much happened! Perhaps it worked a little one time, but not a different time. This was very strange.
Once again, we went back to the Lord in prayer. Asking the Lord; What was wrong? We were very concerned, because the children were suffering worse than the adults. We decided to do a little more research, and found that the Green Alder bush came in both a bush that would bear flowers, and those that would not seem to flower. Perhaps like a male gender bush, and a female gender. This was interesting! We gathered leaves from both genders, created the poultice, and tried them both. The leaves from the Green Alder bush which grew the long male flowers drew out the poison in a matter of minutes. It was so fast, you could almost watch the swelling go down. The swelling, pain, and bite area would cure in a matter of 10-20 minutes consistently! It was amazing! What took days to heal, now took minutes!!!
Once again, we went to the Lord, prayed and gave thanks to such a loving Father!!!
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That is awesome! He has told us that any affliction we get He made a plant to cure it. He really has given us everything. And it is interesting that we know He could have told you right off the bat what would work, but He allowed you to learn how to listen and learn things through your own effort. He's very good at that!! I love the way He teaches us. I have learned to do the same, when I remember to do so, when talking to others, only give them what the Spirit tells me to. I am also learning how important gratitude is, it is pleasing to Him. Thanks for sharing the spider story. Irene
ReplyDeleteI like to relate the experiences with the mistakes, and struggles, that I had. I think all too often, we read stories of success where only the success part is written, and we can sometimes get discouraged, possibly thinking that we are not getting the same results. With myself, faith and miracles have often been learned and developed. Often there is a lot that has lead up to the experience. I find it encouraging, to show some of the difficulty, and some of the patience and struggle involved.
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