Years of pain was healed in an instant as God lengthened a believer’s leg by more than an inch.
Chris White (pictured above, after a six-mile walk), now aged 69, was diagnosed with Perthes disease at age 13.
The hip joint condition meant many months in hospital and excruciating treatments.
“I spent six months in traction in Carshalton Children’s Hospital with my bed tilted up and heavy weights attached to my legs,” said Chris. “I was told to lie as still as possible, which isn’t easy for a 13-year-old!
“After four months they operated on me, breaking my hip and putting a six-inch metal plate in my left leg. Then I spent six weeks in a half-body plaster. It was quite traumatic for a young lad.”
The operation left Chris with a significant limp and he developed curvature of the spine and endured continuous lower back pain, his left leg being more than an inch shorter than his right.
Later, an X-ray revealed Chris’s hip joint had become deformed and a hip replacement was needed.
“They extended my left leg by nearly an inch, but I still walked unevenly and had serious back pain.”
But, in February, a prayer for healing changed everything.
Beacon Elim Church regular Chris was at a service where fellow church member Jill Southern was sharing about the work God was leading her into following the sale of the Pierrepont healing and deliverance centre.
Here, Jill takes up the story.
“We’ve established a new charity called Living Bridge to continue Pierrepont’s work,” she said.
“I was talking about the importance of faith for healing. In James 5:14, for example, it says: ‘Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.’”
As Jill shared and prayed, the thought came to Chris that he should ask the Almighty for a leg extension.
Step forward God. Chris realised his leg had grown and his left knee was in line with his right.
“Now I can walk without disabling back pain and enjoy blissful sleep, as I no longer have to sleep with a cushion or hot water bottle in my back.
“I can walk up the road without chronic back pain. It’s remarkable what the Lord has done. I’m so grateful!”
He now has his sights set on achieving a few previously impossible goals – including walking up the Malvern hills.
Jill said Chris’s transformed life proves that God still heals today.
“It’s an amazing miracle and we’re so excited to share it,” she said. “Chris’s life has completely changed!”
