Let Me Testify
So there is NO misunderstanding, let me testify, the power of the healing our
Heavenly Father has bestowed upon me. In ’08 I was diagnosed with lung cancer.
Most everyone knows that’s a death sentence! Not in my case!
More recently I was diagnosed with a heart problem in two hospitals, in Ft. Worth
and in Bakersfield. Either they both malfunctioned exactly the same way, or
once again, the Lord stepped in and altered the condition. An angiogram proved it
all wrong. My heart is perfect!
It’s almost embarrassing to know that the Lord cares
that much for me. But, I am gonna shout it to the entire world. He healed me either
at my request or someone else’s There were a lot of prayers involved
He also guided the hands of other special doctors and was able to properly relocate
my Atlas. But never for a moment do I give credit or claim any myself.
The Man upstairs is still in charge.
I am gonna be 75 this coming April and I am a walking miracle
I might add a Healthy miracle.
I give all the thanks to my Heavenly Father and to my
wonderful family, Theresa, Jenessa and Bennie.
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Hi Merle, Love ya bro! God bless you! Im totally consumed by your music an i tell you, Every time i listen to your music i hear new sounds i never noticed before! it gives me chills cuz i hate todays rap bs they call music!!!! im stuck back when but in my heart your music will never ever die!!!!!!!!!!! same with all the cowboys brother!!!! God bless you with many many maqny more years to bless us with the true sounds of country everybody needs to hear and love!! Vern.
Merle I am so glad you are doing great and give God all the praise for your healing..GOD is good. We have been praying for you and your family and for all your band members ou all are great and we love you all.
Dear Merle,
As i battle with breast cancer, I think of your health battles and how you have dealt with them through faith, perseverance and of course, your music. You have spoken for the common man, spoken your personal truth and how you see the world. I hope your are doing well sir! At 43 and an amateur singer, music is helping me as I face my own cancer. Thank you sharing your music with all of us who think you are what music is all about. All the best to you and yours.
Best Regards,
Sharon
Congratulations Merle on your recovering health. Indeed God and forgiveness have everything to do with this. I have met you up close and personal and was shocked at what an ass I thought you were. Judgement isn’t for me to decide, so I just prayed for you that day. I did dig a little into your past and I thought to myself, no wonder. Music seems to speak to society’s hearts and who people are really doesn’t seem to matter when we are great stars. We all seem to find God during tragities. May God bless us all with such forgiveness and grace.
Well i want to start by saying thank you. Im 36 and since i could remember my dad always played your music. He like got lung cancer and spread to his brain but he was so tough he still tried to be the dad he always was. Well one day i was at work and heard them advertise for your show at emu in ypstilanti mi. I got to take my dad to see you it was our first and last concert together. He just loved it. Thank you for continuing to do what u do and helping to make that memory for me. My dad passed on 9 11 11. And everytime i here momma tried or any hag jam i remember that day.
Glad to hear you give god all the glory, i play in a family band in northern ca., pretty close to shasta. we are country gospel, and flavor your style alot. we all cut our teeth on your music. if you ever have time and on the computer look us up gods country band is the name of our band , from northern ca.
Merle I am your biggest fan. After reading this article I thought just how proud your mom would be. I know she was a member of the lords church. I hope to see you soon God bless
merle,your not a star,your an angel,sent from god to spread peace through your music,look how your music touches everyone,its amazing.my mother is receiving cancer treatment for the last few years and shes getting a lot better,and i believe its from all the praying our family did.i never saw you in concert yet,but i hope to in the near future ,because your music is awesome,anyways get well bro,ill pray for your recovery,take care.
Merle,
I love your comments. I think the man upstairs loves your voice just as much as we all do! You truly have a God given talent and you should be so proud! I turned 40 this past March and I’ve listened to you all of my life. I’ve been blessed to hear you on my daddy’s radio as I used to ride with him in his tow truck around our tiny little town in Virginia at the ripe old age of 7 or 8!! I’m so elated I’ve been able to see you in concert twice. I wish it could be more often but I can sing along with you everyday on all of the CD’s I have of you! May God keep you and that beautiful voice in his loving hands! God Bless you and Keep you!! Always the best to you and your family!!! Love and Hugs!!
Dear Merle, Can’t believe I am only hearing your music, for the first time in my life, now at age 65. For some reason I never listened to CW, having grown up in the midwest (my great loss!). But driving from MN to AZ recently, I found myself drawn to a CW radio station, and literally was emotionally drawn to your voice on a song, which I can’t even remember. Just this past month I picked up my 1st CD of yours in a Walmart bin for $5 and have listened to it so many times, I can make a sad attempt to mimmick your yodeling style in the hobo song. One last thing, I started praying for you before I heard you were ill or had been hospitalized. I’ve been reading every website on your life, and upset I missed your PBS special a few years back. I just knew somehow we were family, in Christ. We’ll probably never meet this side of heaven, but someday I pray we’ll meet face to face in eternity, where there is no more sorrow or tears, rejoicing in our Savior’s great love for us.
Hello out There, First Off Happy Belated Birthday, I did not forget I lost one of my dearest friends lately and I have been sick with double phemonia, I love how you do openly say I Love Jesus… You are the ultimate Country Star I have been giving a blessing by having you and Toby Keith as part of my up and becoming PR woman thank you. … Thank you Cheryl
Dearest friend.
You are family, you are home. You have been with me all of my life and when I get homesick for family I have lost along the way, your beautiful voice takes me home where life for me all began.
Bakersfield
Blessings Always,
Kristine Fritz
Marysville, Ca
I think more of you than ever before because you are giving God Almighty credit for your miracles and health in your life.
Apparently your love for God is strong and you are more humble than ever before.
I know God has given you the talent of singing and song-writing.
At 75 finally reconizing our loving God in your life!!
I have followed you since your singing began!!!
Always loved your songs and the songs you wrote.
Wish all musicians would reconize the Lord in their lives before it’s too late!!
Kindest regards, Gayle
I would just like to thank you for all the memories. Whenever I hear your music I have beautiful memories of my mother and my younger years as we loved your music so very much, and I as well fell in love with your music. Silver wings is and always will be my favorite. I am also so glad that you have turned your life over to the Lord. The Lord has blessed you with talent that is immeasurable. One question for you, would you please consider coming to Alberta Canada while on tour up north? You have many fans here that dream to see you live in concert one more time. My mom is now with the Lord but seeing you live performing would be a dream of mine. Keep up the good work and God bless you now and always.
Oops I accidently pressed the ? Insead of the !. Anyways i and many others are praying for you. Keep up the good work!
Merle, God bless you and thank you for your wonderful music. You are my all time favorite artist . Get well soon!
Yes thank God! I know I am not the only one grateful that the Lord isn’t ready for you to leave the world yet. Your music has made a wonderful difference to my life and to many others, I know. I wish you and family the best.
Merle, I like all these other fans send warmest regards & thank my Lord & Savior for all that He has done in your life. All of the glory & praise to His holy name. I pray that you will continue to grow in your faith. Nothing that we can accomplish on this earth can compare to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I have lifted you up before His throne of grace over the years & was thrilled to read your testimony. Continue to walk with the King.
Thank you, Merle, for sharing your blessings with us. God is so good, and he gave you all that talent as a reminder to the rest of us, of just what God can do. I have loved you and your music for many years, and it warms my heart that with Theresa and your children, you have found that warm family life you always craved. You are a good man — very human, honest and open — and the way you’ve kept landing on your feet after stumbliing is an inspiration to us all. Thank you, and may Jesus continue to hold you and yours in His loving arms. Warm best wishes to you all.
Just watch the broadcast from Billy Bob’s and you really called it right when you described being violated and treated like a mushroom. Hang in there Hag your have held my respect for 50 years and always speak and sing to the heart of the Red White & Blue Americans. And your right, when you say its like they don’t want us to stand proud anymore. The bad part is we have elected and empowered those who have put us in this spot. With Gods help as he did in 2010 we can continue to clean it up ourselves in 2012. God Bless
What a wonderful Father we have indeed. I am thankful for his blessings upon you and your family. I love your music and your testimony. Praise God for both
Just want you to know that we all love you and your music so dang much. Its been truly one of the highlights of my life. God first, my family second, and then there’s you and Willie
It just dont get much better than that unless you throw in Delbert. McClinton too. Thanks For your testimony shout it from the rooftops brother. God is Great.
Merle,
I am country girl from Bakersfield and as far back as I can remember have loved you and you music. My grandma used to tell me the story of when she and my grandpa and kids came to Bakersfield from Tulsa, Oklahoma during the dust bowl for a better life. She told me you and your family came at the same time and your family and mine spent time together on the trip over. What a great story for me to pass on to my kids, to tell them their grandma and great grandma spent time with such an amazing artist. You are truly an amazing man with an amazing past and future. God bless you and your family.
Leigh Sullivan
Pastor Melissa Scott has a place on her website that still has Dr. Scott going to Communion. With His stripes you were healed, in Jesus Name<3
HEY MERLE———GET WELL MAN—WE LOVE YA AND HOPE TO SEE YA IN LAUGHLIN NEXT MONTH—–GOD BLESS YOU
Praying for a speedy recovery so we can all enjoy many more years of the Hag:)
Merle, you have a lot of prayer warriors in Mississippi. We are trusting the Lord will heal and strenghten you and use your testimonies to touch lost souls to accept Him. We will keep praying for you and your family.
Mr. Haggard, it was a pleasure meeting you and your wife yesterday, and I was thankful to have had the opportunity to pray with you( I was the anesthesia nurse who followed up with you) continuing to believe for a speedy recovery and His blessings over you and your family!:)
so glad you are healthy now. The Lord works in mysterious ways, i heard you just got out of the georgia hospital. Hope you recover fast. Sending prayers your way for a speedy recovery. I am a stay at home wife, with my wonderful hubby of almost 4 years. He has cancer in both lungs, kidney and liver. and 3 weeks ago they found 5 tumors in his brain. He can barely walk. He is one of your biggest fans. We use to have a small group of friends that came to my dads house, and when they played your songs, dad would sing along with them. My dad passed in 2010 with cancer. So glad Your health issues are good. Love you man….Keep up the good work…
I AM PRAYING FOR YOU..MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HANDS AND KEEP YOU HEALTHY AND SAFE…
Praise the Lord. I have prayed continuously for your life to be spared. Hag you really do not know how much the people love you. I want to hear you sing my little heart out. I want you to keep yours. We love you and thanks for letting me finally learn how you are doing. Jesus loves you and we do to.
Hag, get better, you have brought so much happiness to people over the last 40 yrs. We all look forward to many more.
i just read online about you being the hospital Merle….i am one of your long time fans, and i have eveyone one of your records i think,,,even your new album.,..Working in Tennessee……i just want to say Merle you that I Will Keep You in My Prayers for a speedy recovery, i was glad to read your testimony and your faith in Our Lord and Heavenly Father…..Thanks for ALL the wonderufl songs you have written and recorded over the years….i still play them over and over …..May God Bless You and Keep You Merle…..
Hey Merle , I love you and Theresa, I miss ya all so much. I hope to be able to come and visit soon. Please take care and as always be safe……Floie
Merle my heart is with you. A wise person once told me that we can have good luck and we can have bad luck, but blessings are always good. You are blessed my friend.
Our God is an awsome God. Praying for you even now as you battle pneumonia!
I’m goin from Suwanee, Ga. to Chula to see my mom on her 88th birthday–we’ll pray for you as we pass through Macon (I was born in that hospital 60 yrs ago) this Sat.–best wishes for a full recovery.
Mighty Merle, you stole my heart through your music when I was a dj on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. I’m now up here in Maine and all our prayers are with you, hoping for a speedy recovery with you in the good Lord’s care.
My husband and me were stationed in las Vegas when Merle started singing. I have always like his voice. At that time, he was performing at a casino, can’t remember which one now. A few years ago, my friends who sing met his son, who was called to preach the gospel. They told me how nice his son is and was impressed by his testimony. May God bless you Merle. Someone told me you were saved and that is a miracle for you and it was for me too. When anyone is saved is a miracle. May God continue to bless you and your family.
I recently met a friend by the name of Rex Cole (Country} who said he knew you very well. According to Rex. he met you when you were on tour in California. Rex (Country) who had grown up in Santa Cruz, CA. went on to say that he was asked to tour with you and at one point he said you did an event at Folsom Prison where he said you introduced him to Johnny Cash. At first I though Country was a little bit of BS but after Rex passed away last month I verified through his daughter that Rex was telling it like it really was. I felt bad that I had doubted his words and thought that I would have liked to spend more time listening to his life stories. I spent the last night with him holding his hand and telling him thilngs would work out all right and that things would get better. The next morning Rex went to be with his wife and the Lord as this was his final words to his nurse before he left the station. Merle, if you get the chance, Please mention his name at one of your shows esp. if u come to Seattle as Rex had lived here in Bremerton, WA for a long while.
May the Lord be with you and shine down on you and receive Rex(Country) with open arms.
Jackon
God bless you Merle as you continue to serve…..
Merle,
For years I played your songs in Bars and Honky Tonks through Oklahoma. I came to Christ in 2005 and still love to play and sing in Church. I love your Gospel music and Hymns! I was very pleased to read your testimony on here. I pray that God will grant healing for you and may God continue to Bless you!!!!
Best of health to you and your family Merle, I absolutely love your music and have for the past 40 years, I too was at San Quentin State Prison, in 1973 as a 22 yr. old Correctional Officer, I worked up on Norht Seg. “The Shelf” or old death row, with Sirhan Sirhan, Bobby Beasoleil a manson family member, Bobby Davis who killed 4 Calif. Highway Patrolman in 1971. Good Luck and good health Merle we All love you and your great music!!!!
Merle, you and your family are in my prayers. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
merle, i am thankful to the lord for the love he bestowed upon you. i pray he will continue to bless you and your family. i have been to 3 of your concerts, and had planned to see you in fla on the 16 of jan,but was unable to do so. i saw tonite you are in the hospital in macon.i pray for a quick and full recovery.thanks for all you have given us, and thanks for all the family sacrifices you made, to give us your wonderful music.
Merle I saw you and Kris in Los Angeles a few months ago and it was truly a
magical night. There is something to be said for a man that walks in faith of
our great father. You have been blessed with talent and kindness and I pray for
our sweet Lord to lay his hands on you and give you physical and mental strength
through this time of being ill.
God Bless you are truly loved
Lisa a fan for life
from a fan in n.c. may god bless and keep you amen
Stay with it Merle, you are a trooper.
I play in a country band, and I do a lot of your songs. I will always be your fan. We call ourselves Country Kickers. I lost my wife last Feb to lung cancer, after a 4 yr fight. God bless you.
Jerry in Jackson, Mo.
I too was dx in 2008 with lung cancer, I give all the glory to our Heavenly Father for my healing as well. I am praying for your speedly recovery from this latest. I am from Redding, your daughter graduated same senior class as my Granddaughter.
God’s Blessings………Donna
Get well Merle. Love ya man.
Merle,
Thank you for your testimony to the power of prayer and I’m so happy to read where you give credit where credit is due! Such truth!
With the news of your recent hospitalization please know there are many of us, including myself, who continue to pray for the Lord’s healing touch. Strength to you, Mr. Haggard, and may your family take comfort in those words spoken so long ago…
I’m writing this message to you on behalf of my father who’s in heaven. He was (and probably still continues to be) without a doubt, one of your best fans! He went to be with the Lord in February, 2010, and during his memorial we played two of your songs, “Big City” and “Take my Hand, Precious Lord.” The song, Big City was very appropriate since he grew up in Montana
What a blessing to all who attended the memorial to hear your wonderful songs and your velvety voice. Needless to say you have God-given talents and abilities which have touched millions of people, as well as my family, deeply.
With that, I mentioned I’m writing this on behalf of dad so my prayer is you’ll be strong in the Lord during this time. I pray for healing so you can be discharged from the hospital soon and start enjoying those things you love to do.
And if that’s not in His plan, then I pray confidence in Jesus Christ to you as we anticipate Heaven filled with the beautiful music of Merle Haggard! I know my dad anxiously awaits a time when takes place but only in God’s timing. In the meantime, take care of yourself and be on the mend! Godspeed to your healing and know that you’re loved by so many.
Kindest regards in Him!
John 11:25-26
God Bless you and keep you, what an inspiration to all of us believers! Absolutely love your God given talent and beautiful music that touches my heart; I have been a fan since I was 18 Y/O and now I am 54. Just wanted to say thank you for sharing.
Merle thank God & you are in our thoughts and prayer’s! God Loved you so much He died on an old rugged cross for you and the whole world! God continue to Bless you!
Lots of folks praying for you Merle. Our heavenly father has a whole lot of plans left for you.You are protected by the healing hands of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Love your music and hope to see you soon. God Bless….Bob Jeffers
Prayers are going up from Polk County, Texas for a speedy recovery. May the Ramblin’ Fever run through your veins for many more healthy years to come
Merle you have been my IDLE since the start, Ihave seen you three times in Calgary AB, picture taken with you in the 80′s. Marc Ault had you sign the picture and return it to me in 1994.y ou are one Tough Man would love too see you again my prayersare with you all the best from Brooks AB.
( That’s the way i am)