My Sickness Is Gone!

In My Sickness Is Gone, Katrina shares her awe-inspiring journey from chronic illness to miraculous healing, revealing the power of faith, love, and perseverance.

A Covenant Tested by Fire

Married on Valentine’s Day 1996, Mack and Katrina never imagined the journey their love would take them on. Believing marriage to be both a mystery full of joys and challenges, as well as a covenant before God’s eyes, they trusted in their love and His plan for their future. But God’s ways often have purposes we cannot grasp—and blessings greater than we can imagine.

Within just a few short years of their wedding vows, Katrina, a professional make-up artist and life coach, suffered severe attacks from several incurable, autoimmune diseases: Systemic Lupus, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and Rheumatoid Arthritis among them.

Faith Through the Pain

Excruciating pain, heavy medications, and immobility wracked her body and her identity. For nearly two decades, Katrina battled valiantly. At times, she could not lift her head off her pillow. Other times life was almost normal. “When I just couldn’t move and had to miss church, I relied on Inspiration TV. Watching the many anointed men and women of God helped to uplift me,” Katrina shared.

She clung to verses like “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength” (Isaiah 40:29 ESV). God’s Word became her anchor when her body betrayed her. There were days she couldn’t even lift her Bible, but she would let it play aloud just to hear truth spoken over her.

Love That Never Quit

The faithful love and care of her husband for her and their three children encouraged her to fight on. “My precious husband with a weak stomach had to clean and care for me and the children—and hold down a full-time job. I would cry and apologize, and he would say ‘Stop; I love you.’ I was embarrassed and ashamed of the impact of the illness and medicines—my hair fell out; I gained weight. Even though I was a mess, but he kept right on loving me.”

Their marriage became a living testimony of Christlike love: sacrificial, enduring, and healing. Mack’s love reflected the heart of Ephesians 5:25—“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”

A Miracle in the Making

Although both agree they would not have chosen the challenges they faced, both also agree a tested and true testimony is a treasure. “Our covenant marriage was a gift from God. Mack was my covering. He made me feel beautiful even when I couldn’t see any physical beauty.”

Their story is a reminder that love endures even under pressure and that God refines us through seasons of trial. Friends and family who watched Katrina’s long journey are now witnesses to the faithfulness of God—not only in healing her body but in restoring hope and purpose.

A Healing Only God Could Give

But then came the miracle they had been praying for. After 17 years of illness, Katrina received an all-clear at her latest physical. To the doctor’s astonishment, her blood showed no markers for any of the illnesses that sought to destroy her for almost two decades!

Katrina says of her incredible healing breakthrough: “Doctors said I wouldn’t see my 40th birthday; today I am 47! They didn’t know my Jesus. He got in my DNA because I am in Him. He healed me!”

Katrina now serves in her church, encouraging others with her story. “No pain is wasted in God’s hands,” she says. “Everything I endured, God has turned into compassion and strength I can share with others. I know what it means to suffer. But now I also know what it means to be healed.”

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