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Nuhamin \u201cNaomi\u201d Bogale\u2019s life\u00a0<\/span>changed forever<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the blink of an eye. Originally from Ethiopia, the\u00a0<\/span>world-class runner<\/span><\/a>\u00a0had just moved to Colorado to train with aspirations of being a world record holder. She had previously received a sponsorship from Nike before an injury and had won multiple races against the world\u2019s top athletes. In Colorado, she hoped to get a fresh start with better medical care and more opportunities. All that changed, however, when a hit-and-run driver wrecked the car she was riding in on her way home from practice. Bogale\u2019s back was broken in the wreck, and her spinal cord was injured. \u201cAll my body was paralyzed,\u201d she recalled to\u00a0<\/span>CBS<\/span><\/a>. Despite the devastating injury and being told it would be years, or possibly never before, she would walk again. She told reporters at the time of her injury, \u201cI believe if I can walk again, why not? I can run again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, that faith has made sight. \u201cI saw Jesus on my bed [in a] dream, and God is taking my hands too, and Jesus has healed me,\u201d she recalled. With the help of a family in Colorado, she was provided with temporary housing, and a charity helped her pay her bills. With the promise that Jesus would heal her, she determined to do all she could to get better. She shifted her focus from being an athlete to simply walking, beginning physical therapy at Craig Hospital. \u201cBefore the accident means, you know, I worked hard as a professional runner to be a champion. Now, like a baby, I was thinking about just to walk,\u201d she said. Slowly, she began to regain feeling in her legs and was able to take her first steps just two weeks before Christmas. Being able to take steps with the aid of a walker just seven months after the accident is nothing short of a miracle, according to Bogale. \u201cI\u2019m working hard, but I do believe more in miracles. It\u2019s a miracle, you know. The science doesn\u2019t prove it [and] the doctors never imagined. Nobody can imagine,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bogale\u2019s story is similar to many stories of miraculous recovery. In 2010, <\/span>Father John Murray<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of Brooklyn was facing similar predictions of a lifetime of paralysis after bone chips from his neck severed his spinal cord after he tripped on a New Jersey boardwalk. Yet within a year and a half of his injury, he was able to rise from his wheelchair and walk again with the help of a walker. He credited prayer for his recovery, and the statistics support that belief. According to Dr. Harold Koenig of Duke University\u2019s Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, over 4000 studies have shown that religious people have better mental health, healthier lifestyles, and better recovery outcomes. \u201cPeople who are more religious just live longer; that\u2019s kind of the bottom line,\u201d he said. Having attained the goal of being able to walk, Bogale is now hoping to run again and believes that Jesus has already healed her. \u201cWhen [Jesus] healed me, [is] when I walked again. And I can run again for sure,\u201d she said with confidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nuhamin \u201cNaomi\u201d Bogale\u2019s life\u00a0changed forever\u00a0in the blink of an eye. Originally from Ethiopia, the\u00a0world-class runner\u00a0had just moved to Colorado to train with aspirations of being a world record holder. She had previously received a sponsorship from Nike before an injury and had won multiple races against the world\u2019s top athletes. 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