On the Thursday before Fourth of July weekend I injured my knee, I believe climbing up a steep slope from a small beach cove. I was walking back from Iceberg Point and was suddenly limping along, almost unable to walk. I sat down a couple of times along the way with my friend, had a glass of wine and moaned with the pain that was coursing through my knee. Life is precarious, but I found it better to be distracted and busy than lying on the couch with the throbbing. Friday and Saturday were the two busiest days of the year at our Taco Booth at the local Farmer's Market; the Fourth of July is a huge event in the San Juan Islands, and Lopez Island in particular. So I rocked the weekend, limping along and cringing in pain, I served 400 orders of tacos to the general public in a total of eight hours on both days.

 Today I feel strong and light of heart. I visited with my Bible study group on Monday evening and had four women pray inventively over my knee as well as doing a small Sozo exercise regarding emotional pain that seemed to well up with the injury. I had to turn this off, and went a little numb while working at the booth over the weekend, filling orders, loading and unloading our truck full of our booth equipment, washing dishes, hosing out coolers, and filling large jugs of water. I triumphed, I had fun, and it was a huge success. I will not deny that at moments it felt like torture, and I agonized, yet I am so proud to have pulled through. After the prayer and healing Sozo exercise, I felt cleansed and hopeful. The last couple of days of work have felt light and blissful, while the pain in my knee has subsided tenfold. I do not doubt that the prayer had a major effect on my healing.

 The Sozo exercise was performed by a woman and friend that never ceases to amaze me. She had me forgive my ancestors for the burden I was carrying, and let Jesus take my burden as was his purpose on the cross, and replaced my grief and the weight I was bearing with light, love and forgiveness. I shed tears as I repeated the words back to her, and immediately felt a cool lightness in my body as well as relief in my knee. On the way out of Bible study, I trucked right up the hill that I limped down on my way in. Thank you, Tammy, for your insight, talent and prayer.

 More and more I am never doubtful of the power of prayer and the healing talent of the Lord. I surprise myself with this language, but I cannot deny how it continues to change my life. When something is so good and true, and seems to change your life only for the better, bring you strong and loving connections as well as healing, one can no longer deny its presence. This is how I feel about God in my life these days. All humans and cultures have been known to search for meaning to our connection to where we come from and the source from which we spring. If you visited this planet from another world, I believe you would only discover the similarities and likeness of all humans on planet Earth, while we seem only to notice our differences. We are one being, ever connected, ever full of the possibility of returning to the light.