Tweets - August 9th - Acid Reflux

Yesterday evening and night (before I went to bed), I had acid reflux. Before my diet change 5 or so years ago, it was pretty common to have acid reflux while in bed depending on what I ate.

A heavy or tomato/fatty/rich meal would mean sitting up all night in bed. But I haven't had acid reflux like that in years, and yesterday's came out of the blue while it was still light outside.

I did have acid reflux, maybe last year when I ate a lot of fat-free dairy alongside something acidic, but it was nothing like yesterday. I don't eat rich meals any more - not for years.

For dinner I made Dominican rice and peas and had a leftover chickpea and kidney bean burger that I made the day before; dessert was a raspberry sorbet.

I have a fairly simple solution that I've used for years for both indigestion and acid reflux, and that was to take an antacid. Now, I have these 2 large containers of antacids that I purchased many years ago to replace the antacids I had previously consumed.

Since I don't have acid reflux much anymore - the containers are nearly full and expired. On the rare occasion I've needed them, I've taken them.

I was outside talking to heaven about this world and the Garden, then I felt the acid reflux bubbling up in my esophagus, and I reminded myself that I would take some antacids before going to bed (as it was close to my bedtime).

Thinking about what could have caused it, a spacecraft became very luminous and shone very brightly for a few seconds. How weird and unexpected. But seeing the spacecraft inspired me to change my thinking and so I thought to myself, "discuss it with God".

I told God that I wasn't sure what caused the indigestion and acid reflux (as to be sure that I would never cause it to happen again), and I asked God to take it away so that I wouldn't need to take antacids anymore - so that I could sleep peacefully.

Instantaneously, the bubbling stopped. The reflux went away. I sat outside amazed.

Now that the reflux was gone, I still felt some mild indigestion in my stomach. At this point, it was just a matter of waiting for God to complete what God began.

I knew God would complete what God began - but I still had these small thoughts of doubt (not that God wouldn't complete it, but that God wouldn't complete it before I fell asleep).

To be granted something so quick and so soon, because I am dependent on it, has been a very uncommon thing for me, and I wasn't too sure what to expect. But I went to bed last night and slept peacefully throughout the night (as God's mercy has never been dependent on my faith).