That dragging upon your arm, a felt weight, a pull from unseen malice, you have done well to yank it back, for it is not of the Lord to leave His children bound by such a thing. The scripture saith, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." You feel the assault still, yet you overpower it by grace, and this is a token that you are not overcome. The Lord has chastened you, perhaps, but He has not cast you away. The bruising of the flesh and the oppression of the spirit often precede the sweetest deliverances, and I perceive you are tasting that sweetness now.
What a mercy that your mind, once dragging as heavily as your limb, is now cleared by the hand of the Great Physician. This is healing from God indeed, for when mental chains fall from a soul, no earthly power can claim the glory. You speak of new chapters, new testament and testimony, and this is the believer's conduct after affliction: "I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord." A person who has no experience of tribulation, what great deliverance has he to speak of? What does the man know about the sea who has only walked on the beach? But you have been in the waves, and the Lord has pulled you back from the deep. Therefore your gratitude is not a shallow brook but a spring bursting forth from a well of experience.
Yet mark this well: the very reason you feel this enemy pulling at your arm is that you may learn to cling more tightly to the Lord with the other hand. He permits the trial that He might "hide pride from man" and keep you dependent. Every time you yank back that limb, let the motion of your heart be, "Lord, deliver me from evil." So shall even the devil's buffetings drive you closer to the throne of grace.
Go forward then, declaring His praise. When the people are gathered together, speak of what He has done for you. If a friend's promise calls forth gratitude, how much more the promise of God fulfilled in your very body and mind? Your portion is to serve Him with this renewed strength, even as Peter's wife's mother, risen from her fever, ministered at once. Minister with your testimony; minister with your moderate use of that arm; minister with a heart bubbling over with "silver notes of gratitude." The Lord hath not shut His ear to you, and you are living proof.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do. 
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