“Keep Believing, Don’t Give Up.”

“It was like if you've ever had a mosquito bite and you just continue to scratch and nothing helps. It just wouldn't go away,” Sheila Mack said as she thought back on her affliction.

Sheila was at work when her shins suddenly started itching.

“I had a space heater under my desk,” Sheila said. “I thought it was the heater, so I, of course, stopped using that, and turned the heater off. But it continued to itch.”

In the coming weeks and months, Sheila tried different creams, changed her laundry detergent, and adjusted her diet, but nothing helped.

“Just touching the sheet at night would irritate it,” Sheila explained. “I had trouble sleeping. It would get so bad that I would just itch to the point where my skin would just bleed. It was really discouraging.”

The months turned into years, and Sheila would see a number of dermatologists, allergists, and even an autoimmune specialist. After ten years of tests and failed remedies, she still had no answers and no relief. 

“He said, ‘You know, Sheila, you're just going to have to live with this,’” Sheila remembered the autoimmune specialist telling her. “It was disheartening that they couldn’t find anything. I was really confused about why I had to go through this the rest of my life, why they couldn't find out something.”

In all that time, Sheila held on to her faith, believing God could heal her. 

“I remember praying over it and laying my hands on my shins all the time saying, ‘Lord, you know, take this away. I know you can and trust that you're still on the throne to heal,’” Sheila said.

On Christmas Eve in 2020, Sheila was cleaning her home when she decided to take a break and watch some television. 

“I sat down and happened to see The 700 Club was on. And Terry and Gordon were getting ready to pray,” Sheila said.

“Someone else, I don’t even know what this is but you have some kind of condition,” Terry Meeuwsen prayed. “Your body just itches all the time and it’s just uncontrollable itching like you have to scratch it. You get sores, it’s so uncomfortable; God’s healing you right now, you’re just going feel like a warmth comes over your body from the top of your head to the bottom of your toes as you’re just released from that and your skin goes back to normal.”

“I claimed it,” Sheila exclaimed thinking of the moment she heard the prayer. “I claimed it right then. I am claiming it and giving God the glory. I know that He met me right there on the couch and He said, ‘Sheila, I'm touching your shins.’ The rash is gone. I told my husband right away that morning, I told him.”

Sheila hasn’t had any itching on her shins since. She gives all the credit to God for her miraculous healing.

“I’m back to normal and I just give God the glory,” Sheila said joyfully. “He is good to those who wait on Him. We just have to believe and have faith and realize if He hasn't answered or it hasn't come to pass yet, just don't give up. Don't quit. Keep trusting, keep believing, knowing that God – He's in control. What a gift God gave me that Christmas. To say, ‘Sheila, I love you enough to give you this gift this Christmas.’ I just love Him and I wouldn’t know where I’d be right now without Him in my life and my heart and in my family.”