Hi, I'm Mike

My Wife Wrote this... On March 6th 2022, Mike became a new creature in Jesus Christ and was born again with His great mercy and light.
Mike got out of the Army in 2015 and Mike, Natalie, Danny, Hailee and Jared moved across the country back home to Utah. It didn't take long for the years of military service, his deployment and experiences to register as depression, self-hatred, pornography addiction and PTSD.
As long as Mike had a project to work on, he could numb those feelings and pour himself into work, projects and home improvements, which meant we were always busy working on something.
Mike went through the necessary steps (more like jumping through a year of hoops) to get the VA to give him a disability rating and evaluate his traumatic brain injuries (from multiple issues), his blood disorder (idiopathic thrombocytopenia), plantar fasciitis, patella femoral syndrome as well as his mental health, major depressive disorder and PTSD.
Mike went to multiple therapists, leaving more frustrated than when he arrived. Every week it was like stirring up a dirty fish tank...and then taking the next few days to let everything settle again.
His therapists were well-meaning, but it did not seem like there was any improvement, nor was it helping at all, since it took 2 days to recover after a visit.
Through counseling, Mike did learn some things though. He learned that men typically show their depression through anger, not sadness.
He learned that people who are depressed seem pessimistic, but they are usually accurate about the circumstances, with a slight "gray filter".
But sadly, none of his therapists could ever show someone that had recovered from PTSD. They admitted that they were just trying to give them coping tools, and learning to coexist with the depression/PTSD.
Mike struggled going to church.
If there's magic at church, he desperately needed it...and yet, could not find anything.
He was told regularly from people at church that he should 'just be happy'.
He heard people talk about all the things 'they know' but did not see or feel it.
He was frustrated with the darkness he saw in the world, primarily the strong arm of the military, and his powerlessness to fight it.
He could not sleep at night without horrible night terrors.
It was more restful for him to not sleep. He would go for 36-48 hours without sleep and then sleep for 4-6 hours in demon filled nightmares.
Just being alive was hard.
He was living in Hell.
He suffered for 7 years.
Through all of this suffering and pain, Mike was wonderful to Natalie.
In September of 2021, Danny was deciding if he should serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mike was angry and fuming in the garage.
"They don't deserve Danny" he thought.
He heard a voice echo that in his head, "Ya, they don't deserve him".
Then Mike heard distinctly, "They didn't deserve my Son either".
Mike got the message. God then told him, "Don't hold Danny back from serving me".
Danny then got his paperwork in order and got his mission call in October 2021, set to leave on his mission to Portland, Oregon on January 17th 2022.
During these few months, from getting the call to leaving, God began to work a marvelous work and wonder in our hearts.
The bishop called Mike and Natalie into his office after church. Mike and Natalie were determined to say "no" to anything he asked or any calling he would offer.
The bishop, extended an offer from God, that would change their lives--they did say yes.
Mike and Natalie were called to lead the discussion in Gospel Doctrine.
It was a couple weeks in the doctrine and covenants and then January 2022 brought the Old Testament into the focus.
It was during this time that Mike and Natalie began listening to some online teachers expound the Torah.
After some incredibly biased sermons...Mike decided that he needed to learn Hebrew so that he could read the bible in it's original text and not have it translated with bias.
He began studying Hebrew and God blessed him with the ability to learn amazing things.
Danny left on his mission the first week of February, after 2 weeks of home MTC.
We missed him so much!
This was truly a Abrahamic sacrifice.
We had a pretty set schedule of going to Ogden High swimming pool every weekday for an hour of open lap swim.
One particular Tuesday, Mike decided he would walk to the school and he would meet Natalie and Jared there.
Mike passed a man on 30th street (which Natalie and Jared witnessed on their way to the pool).
The man, Timothy, passed Mike and then turned around and said "Jesus loves you".
Mike stopped in his tracks and said he needed to talk to him. Mike had had a terrible night, filled with demon tormenting nightmares.
Timothy prayed with Mike, right there on the street and invoked the name of Jesus Christ to cast out demons and send healing to Mike.
Timothy told Mike that he worships at The Potter's House on Monroe, and that Mike would be welcome anytime.
That next Sunday, March 6th 2022, Mike, Natalie, Hailee and Jared went to the Potter's House.
It was packed, the gospel band was loud, ushers showed them to some empty seats.
No one had their phones out. They were there to worship.
Mike sat in the seats and in his minds eye, he felt the door behind him open and Jesus Christ walk in. Jesus put his hand on Mike's shoulder and said "I love these people".
It was fun to sing along with the band. The sermon by the preacher was entertaining and inspiring. Everyone really enjoyed it.
They did an alter call. They asked everyone to close their eyes and bow their heads...anyone who was struggling, searching or ready to grow closer to the savior was to raise their hand.
Then he had everyone who raised their hands to come to the front alter.
Mike, Hailee and Jared all went up front. (Natalie sat in the crowd and prayed desperately)
The band played loud gospel music, which was a beautiful shroud of protection.
A member of the church clergy joined each of them at the alter and helped them through a recited prayer.
Mike was able to pour out his heart, might, mind and strength at the Saviors feet.
And in an instant, easier than drinking water, Mike felt God, through Jesus Christ's loving atonement, take all his pain, struggles, depression, self-hatred, pornography addiction and PTSD from him.
Mike, in the noise filled hall, amid crowds of people we don't know, Jesus Christ saved him.
After the service, Mike asked God, "what should I do...do I go to this church now?"
God told him "You belong to ME now. You can worship me wherever you want".
It's been 2 wonderful years of new birth.
Mike is living proof that PTSD and depression can be healed, through the healer, Jesus Christ.
These last two years have been amazing and expansive, seeing God's work and hand in all things, having many mighty miracles manifest in our lives. We are in awe of our God and King.
King of Kings!
This isn't the patented formula for real pure healing, but Jesus is.
This process likely won't work for anyone else if they duplicated it, but Mike is healed, in the most miraculous way and it's promised to all who take up their cross and follow Jesus.