Gone.
One of our dear mentoring couples from our church has a son who has recently been diagnosed with cancer. The son is married with 3 young children. He lives very far away, in another state, and traveling to see him is very hard. Finding out about the cancer diagnosis has just about eaten my lunch, because the son’s mom and I have been praying very fervently for some other people in our church with very major problems. So when this hit, I just couldn’t believe God would let this sort of thing happen to them.
The son had an 80% chance of surviving the cancer and would undergo 7 weeks of chemo treatments. This has been very hard on their family but their church family has been fabulous; I’ve been reading about them on the son’s personal blog. The church family has prayed for him around the clock, they have driven many many miles to pray with them, and they have brought them meals to help with this stressful time.
Today I found out that at the son’s last doctor’s appointment, the cancer was completely gone.
Gone.
Why am I surprised by this? When I prayed for him, I believed that God would take his cancer away, but now that it has actually happened, I’m shocked. I know that the prayers of righteous men and women avail many… I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead and that He has the power of healing anyone. There were so so many people praying for this precious family. When the mom and I talked earlier today, she told me she slept all through the night last night for the first time since the original diagnosis. I’m sure a huge weight was lifted off their shoulders.
The son is still going to go through chemo, to make sure nothing pops up. But please don’t tell me that God doesn’t work miracles in our present-day life. I know He does. I’ve experienced them more times than I can count. And one of these days, I’ll be able to thank Him in person for showing Himself to me in this way. Until then, I’ll just do my own personal best to praise Him.
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