God’s Healing Touch

 Hello. My name is Jay Rudd and I am writing to share

my testimony of an amazing miracle of healing God has

provided in mine and my families lives. I am 49 years

 old and have now been married to my wonderful wife

 Dolly, for 27 years.

We live in Columbus, Ohio. Our

 two daughters Rachel, and Christy, also live in the

Columbus area. Christy and her husband, Jason have

 blessed us with our first granddaughter,  Allyson,

and they are expecting our second grandchild

 next month. 

 There were many years in our lives when no one would

have believed I would still be alive, or that our family

 would become so blessed!

On July 15, 1980 we were working on an oil well that

had just been drilled. A bad leak developed and we

immediately began to shut down the operation.

I was holding a very large pipe wrench on the cap

of the ball injector.

The supervisor swung a 16#

sledge hammer with all his might and missed the pipe

wrench, hitting me on the left side of my forehead. I

suffered a broken nose and brain damage to my left

frontal lobe, although I wouldn’t have the brain

damage actually diagnosed until 1986.

 Between 1980 and 1986, my mental, emotional, and

physical health deteriorated to the point that I could

barely walk, talk, or tie my shoes and I tried to commit

suicide for the first of what would become dozens of

attempts. Through a battery of tests, I was diagnosed

with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, & Organic Brain

 Damage.

I was considered mentally retarded and mentally

 ill. I developed Bi-Polar Disorder and very bad anger

management problems, as a result of the brain damage.

I began to hear voices, which would tell me what to do

and how to do it.

Each passing year, my health and ability to function

on everyday tasks deteriorated to the point that between

1984 and 1998 I had to be admitted for as much as one

 to two months at a time. I would be released for between

two to three weeks on average, and then readmitted for

another month or more.  

One day in 1996, my health

had deteriorated so badly that the doctors sent me home

with the sobering news that there was no chance at

all of improvement, and that in fact my health and

capacity to live would only worsen. They told us in

 essence, “There is No hope for Jay!”

 With that news the doctors sent me home, with orders to

 take 20 pills a day. They informed my wife, Dolly that she

needed to seriously consider institutionalizing me for

mine, and her and our children’s sake! Although

confronted with an extremely bleak outlook of a life

and future with her husband, Dolly never gave serious

 thought to the possibility of institutionalizing me.

She proudly confronted the doctors with her faith

and belief in God, “With God there is ALWAYS

hope and I will take care of my husband!”

 Over the next few years, during the worst periods, when

 she left for work, etc she was never able to know for sure

if I would be alive, or dead when she returned as my

suicidal attempts increased in frequency. No matter

what she was forced to endure, or how much she was

hurt by the trials, or actions, her love for and devotion to

 me never stopped!

 One night in 1998, my youngest daughter Christy, who was

then only 15, had just laid down to sleep when I tried to

commit suicide by cutting my wrist with a razor blade.

 Blood was flowing freely down my arm and was gushing

everywhere.  I walked out of the bathroom at the same

 time Christy, happened to come out of her room.

 She looked at me with such a serious, hurt, & betrayed look

on her face, that I will never be able to forget it and said,

“Why don’t you love me anymore? If you really loved me,

 you wouldn’t have cut your wrist and tried to kill yourself!”

Trying to cover up what I had done,  I covered my arm

as best I could and said, “But I DO love you Christy! I

love you very much!”

 I was admitted to the hospital for what would become both

the worst and best hospital stay of my life. The worst because

I realized I had reached the low point of my life when I had

to have my hands and feet strapped down to the point I

couldn’t move. I was also isolated and sedated in a padded

cell, so I was no longer a danger, or threat to myself, or

the other patients.  

It became the best stay because

God used my wife Dolly, and my daughters Rachel

and Christy, and my love for each of them to show me that

I HAD to make a commitment to get better for each

of their sakes!

 Rachel was a little older and being so sensitive, she really

took the brunt of my sometimes harsh words and actions.

Christy had already been traumatized enough, before

having to walk out unexpectedly and face the additional

trauma of seeing me having tried to kill myself. I was

afraid I was responsible for having ruined their lives forever!

 On July 27, 1999 my daughters and I went to Forrest

Edge Assembly of God, where Lindell Cooley, from

Brownsville Assembly of God, was leading the Praise and

Worship Service. At one point in the service the Pastor

stopped the service to address the congregation. He went

 on to explain that God had revealed to him that there

were people in the congregation that were suffering from

incurable illnesses.

 He asked everyone with an incurable illness to come up

to the altar to be prayed for. He said, “There is a young

man here who has been sent home from the hospital

with the news from the doctors that there is NO hope for

you!”  My daughters were so excited! They both said,

“Dad, he’s talking about you!”

I said, “No way! You’re Crazy! He’s talking about

someone else!”

Pastor Ron, who was with us grabbed my arm and was

practically dragging me down the isle. When I got to the

altar I began to bawl like a baby! Pastor Ron explained

to Pastor Randy and Pastor Lindell what I was suffering

from and had been through and asked them to pray

for me.  

At the moment they began to pray for me, God

 started to heal my brain. It started tingling and felt

like my brain was expanding, and coming alive!

 The years 1999 to 2003 were miracle breaking years for me

as God restored and renewed the joy and life to my

marriage, ended my continual Hospital stays, and ridded

my life of any satanic oppression.

He began to restore my self-esteem as a man by helping

me get my drivers license back, and enabling me to work

a little in my Pastor’s auto-body shop. Although not able

to work anywhere near full-time, it was so satisfying

and encouraging after not being able to work at

all for over 16 years.

 At a baptismal service at Evangel Temple in Columbus,

God restored my reading ability. Through prayer, studying,

 and taking notes I was able to improve from a Second

grade reading level to a Seventh grade reading level in

 just two years. This and other miracles God began

 to perform in my life absolutely amazed my doctors

who had no answer to the miracles other than God!

 They had told me that I would never be able to go back

to school, or become a Pastor, or Evangelist. My new

doctor has told me that the progress I have made back to a

 normal life from the kind of brain damage I had suffered

is unheard of in the Mental Health Profession.

 “A person’s emotional problems and medication needs

don’t just “Go away.” He said, “Truly, Jay, this is a

miracle and I can see your faith in God, your family,

and your church are very important to you.”

 Most of the doctors and other people in my life since

the accident have made me feel like an Overwhelming

Underdog, but I’ve discovered that that’s OK, because

Jesus loves and uses the World’s So-Called Underdogs

mightily each and everyday!

 With the help of God, my family, my Pastor, and the

congregation at my church, I have now preached a half

dozen sermons, am well into completing the Berean

Bible Courses, and will soon be submitting the

Application for my Ministers license.

I am a member of New Hope Assembly of God in

Groveport, Ohio, am on the Advisory Board of my church,

 and am Vice President of Your Cross Outreach Ministry,

one of the world’s top internet ministries.

My wife, Dolly, works at Meier’s and remains my biggest

blessing from God. My oldest daughter Rachel is in

college working towards her RN license,  that she plans

to use as a Missionary to Africa. My daughter Christy

 is the Praise and Worship Leader at our church.

God has shown me a glimpse of His glory and made

me hunger and strive to see SO much more!

 What is impossible for man is Always

possible for God!

The more I learn to rely on him through all things, the

more He amazes me daily! No matter what I go through

 in my life, whether it’s a pleasant experience or

a very intense trial, I am going to keep on praising and

worshipping God,

 For He is ALWAYS worthy to be

 praised!

 Your Friend and Brother in Christ,

Jay Rudd

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