Pain and Power By Dr. Kathleen Oden

Many years before eating healthy was introduced to me, I discovered there was arthritis in my left foot. However, because of being a person who did not run to the doctor for every ailment, I ignored it. Mainly because it would only hurt me the day after walking a mile. This was during the time of my life when the Lord was dealing with me about my weight. Normal everyday walking caused me no problems at all. So, my thinking was, “it can’t be that serious.”

This went on for many years… “ignoring it,” yep the ignoring it part, went on for many years. Why? Well, my remedy was to stop walking. Therefore, no pain. Problem solved, right? NOT!!! Fast forward from 2009 to 2015 and I start walking again. But, to make a long story short, I am going to copy and paste an entry made in a diary that was started in 2015, the first year of my healthy living journey.

5/8/2015

Started walking on Wednesday (May 6th) and so far, no arthritis pain in my left foot. This was a no-no in the past (since 2009). I would go walking and the next day my foot would throb with pain. I had it x-rayed and found out that osteoarthritis was in my foot. I would have to wait 1 or 2 days before walking again. Last summer, my right foot was also starting to show some signs of arthritis, but so far it also is showing no signs of pain. Normal daily walking did not bother my foot, but walking for 30 continuous minutes or more daily was not do-able. This is an extremely exciting development! But I will continue to monitor for another week, just to be sure. Last summer it was very painful to walk 2 days in a row. And 3 days in a row was totally out of the question. If the arthritis in my foot is healed OR healing, then I know that the diet I am on is still working for me. And to that, I say, HALLELUJAH AND PRAISE THE LORD AND AMEN AMEN!!! I AM SO THANKFUL TO GOD!!!

I was 63 when that was written, so what gave me the power to walk and get rid of the arthritis pain? The Lord, plus eating raw greens since January 2015. Five months of eating healthy did that for me. I was so amazed! This was my favorite salad back then:

Iceberg Lettuce - 1 cup Spinach - 1 cup Collard greens - 1 cup Kale - 1 cup Roma tomato - 1 Green onion - 2 Jalapeno - 1 Grapes - 10

“And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat,… and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.” (Ezekiel 47:12 KJV)

Dr. Kathleen B. Oden is an author, missionary, and Bible teacher. She has been the Administrator of God’s House of Refuge Church & School of Evangelism, for 25 years. Dr. Oden attained a Doctorate degree in Christian Theology in 2000. After a bad fall in 2014, she realized that she had to start eating healthy, in order to fully recover. She became a Certified Health Minister and a Certified Essential Oil Coach. She loves ministering to people and God gave her a health ministry called, Create AnewU Health Ministry. Her health ministry has opened the door for her to share what the WORD OF GOD has to say about eating healthy. Dr. Oden has published over 20 books through Amazon.com and several of them are about health and wellness. https://createanewuhealthministry.com

Isaiah 6:8 NKJV

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

“Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?”

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”