THIS IS LAP SEVEN FOR

CHRIS.

ON AN AVERAGE MORNING SHE DOES

70 BEFORE MANY FINISH THEIR

COFFEE.

I GET UP AND SPEND TIME

WITH

MY HUSBAND AND WE WILL SPEND AN

HOUR TAKING A 5-MILE WORK,

DOING

THE ELLIPTICAL OR SWIMMING. I

TRY TO GET AN HOUR OF CARDIOSIX

DAYS A WEEK.

CHRIS HAS TAKEN PRIDE IN

STAYING IN SHAPE BUT THERE WAS

A

TIME WHEN THE EXERCISE COULD

HAVE KILLED HER. SHE REMEMBERS

THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS

TROUBLE.

WE WERE TAKING A WALK AND I

ROUNDED A CORNER AND I DOUBLED

OVER WITH TERRIBLE CHEST PAIN

AND WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND

WHAT WAS THAT AND DIED DOWN AND

CONTINUED WITH THE WALK.

CHRIS WAS RELUCTANT TO SEE

A

DOCTOR AND LIVED WITH THE PAIN

AND INFREQUENT.

IT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE

MORNING OR TAKING A BREATH OF

COLD AIR AND THE REST OF THE 23

HOURS WERE FINE.

BUT OVER THE COURSE OF 10

YEARS THE PROBLEM GREW WORSE

AND

COULD NO LONGER BE IGNORED.

IT WAS HAPPENING MORE

HAPPEN

AND INTENSITY WAS STRONGER.

CHRIS WENT AND DIAGNOSED

WITH A DISORDER WHERE THE BLOOD

VESSELS TIGHTEN AROUND THE

HEART.

I READ ABOUT IT AND SHOCKED

TO FIND OUT THAT ONE OF THESE

EPISODES COULD CAUSE A MASSIVE

HEART ATTACK AND KILL ME.

CHRIS WAS TOLD SHE WOULD

HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT AND THAT'S

WHAT SHE DID FOR THE NEXT TWO

YEARS.

HE SAID KEEP UP WITH THE

EXERCISE AND FIRST 10 MINUTES

GO

SLOWLY AND BASICALLY GO HOME

AND

LIVE YOUR LIFE. I CAN GIVE YOU

SOME MEDICATION FOR THE PAIN

WHICH I EJECTD AND SAID THERE

IS

NOTHING I CAN DO AND GO HOME

AND

LIVE YOUR LIFE.

ONE MORNING AFTER A WORK

OUT

SHE WAS WATCHING "THE 700 CLUB"

AND SHE'S DONE FAITHFULLY FOR

YEARS.

I STOP AND PRAY WHEN PAT IS

PRAYING AND PAT SAID THAT.

AND THE HEARTS REGULATE AS

THEY BEAT AS NORMAL AND YOU

WOULD BE EVERY BIT WHOLE --

AND I THOUGHT IT JUST

INSTINCTUALLILY THE HOLY SPIRIT

SPOKE TO ME AND LORD I WILL

TAKE

THAT AND I AM CLAIMING THAT AND

WHAT ABOUT MY BUSINESS? NO

PAIN

FOR MONTHS. GONE. COMPLETELY

HEALED.

IT'S BEEN A YEAR NOW AND

CHRIS TELLS THE DOCTOR SHE IS

STILL SYMPTOM FREE AND BACK TO

WORK OUTS AND LAPS IN THE POOL

AND WALKS WITH HER HUSBAND DAVE.

I AM LIVING MY LIFE BUT

LIVING

IT A LOT BETTER WITHOUT PAIN

AND

KNOWING THAT THE LORD HEALED ME

AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER TESTIMONY

TO HIM.