When One is Hurting

A sister in Christ is hurting today. Here is what I shared with her...

My son was born with severe kidney problems. It started in the womb--but we couldn't see the extent of it until he was born. He had an extra uretor that was dangling and filling with liquid, ready to pop at any time. He also had a deformed kidney--part of which needed to be removed, but he couldn't have the operation till he was 10 weeks old because the risk was too high. So we lived in fear that the uretor would burst or get infected.

I know that the word of God is powerful, so I laid a tiny new testament on his tummy every single night. And I read the Bible to him, and I prayed--filling his spirit with all of the Lord that I could. Nourishment for the body and soul.

We were called in about a week before the operation telling us that there was a complication. The anesthesiest was concerned that putting him under for that long of a time had severe risks. We continued to pray and to give him fully over to God.

A few days before his operation, I sat in my livingroom, cradling him, when the most amazing thing I have ever seen in my life took place. His face shone with the glory of God. I have heard of this happening in Acts to Stephen, and again I've heard of some people before death experiencing this, but I had never seen anything like this in my life. His face changed and the only way I can explain it is that it took on the characteristics of a father, as though he was comforting me.

I did find comfort. And the doctors did find wisdom and were able to successfully bring him through the operation.

About a day after the operation, I found myself standing in his hospital room with about eight doctors at 3 in the morning. His head was swollen and everyone feared the worst. I was later told by the nurses that no one expected him to make it through the night. I prayed the room walking around his crib and in the name of Jesus I prayed that harm would not touch my child, and he survived.

Today he is a 7 year old boy with an unusual spirit. Unusually curious about the things of the Lord. His name is Graham, and we've often referred to him as the three foot tall Billy Graham because his faith is amazing and unlike other children.

Please know that I understand your fear, and know that you are not in this alone. I will pray along with you that God will shield you under His wing, where you will find peace and strength, hope and healing.

"The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a church: every part dependent on every other part, the parts we mention and the parts we don't, the parts we see and the parts we don't. If one part hurts, every other part is involved in the hurt, and in the healing. If one part flourishes, every other part enters into the exuberance." ~ 1 Corinthians 12:25-26, The Message

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