Jacinta's Miracle
Jacinta’s Miracle - H ealing from chronic fatigue Photo of newly risen sun - Pam Bishop “Do you think we could pray for my niece Jacinta today?” my friend Joy asked as we settled into the comfy lounge chairs at my little house in Carina. There were f our of us, the ‘core group’ of a little prayer group I led for many years. “Her chronic fatigue is so bad now she can’t even shower herself.” “Oh! Of course,” we said and proceeded to pray. We prayed for Jacinta for months, every time we met. We realised many others were praying – her family and friends, her church leaders. Before chronic fatigue Jacinta had been a strong, popular, highly motivated girl who did well at school and was a dancer. She did ballet, pointe, jazz, Latin and tap at a local dance school and did voluntary dancing and choreography for her church’s musicals. When she was seventeen and in Grade Twelve, the trouble began. She was tired. Exhausted. For six to eight mont