Too often God does something ordinary or spectacular and we just go along our day without sharing what He has done. When God does something ordinary we must not ignore it; these are everyday events such as the rising of the sun, the air we breathe, the flowers that bloom, or the relationships we enjoy (the list is endless). God deserves to be honored for these acts of His grace. Now God will also do things that are spectacular and miraculous; things we cannot explain away other than by His hand. These events include, but are not exclusive to, the salvation of someone we have been witnessing to for years, the provision for a bill that we had no way of paying, the recovery from addiction, or the healing of a body. Please let me share one of these miraculous workings of God’s grace this last week. As most of you know Doris Sawyer had surgery on Friday. It’s bad enough to go through a nail-biting day like that, but to receive bad news in the middle of it is literally heart-wrenching. Well, about half way through her surgery the doctor called with bad news…they found cancer on her bladder and pelvis. They told her kids that they would finish the surgery and then later treat the cancer with radiation in the hopes of shrinking it, but they could not operate to remove it. They were just hoping to shrink the cancer and buy more time. After agonizing tears from the family we prayed and asked the Lord to make the doctor’s diagnosis incorrect. I left. Later that day one of Doris’ daughters called and said the doctors were mistaken and they removed all the cancer. The one concern they had was a spot on the liver that looked suspicious. As Nehemiah said, The LORD is great and awesome!
We can’t miss this! We must understand that no matter who we are our Father is waiting and wanting to hear from us. He is pleased to answer our prayers when we ask with the right motives and seek to honor Him. This is the desire of Doris Sawyer and her family. They wish to give God all the praise and honor due Him and to thank you for faithfully praying for her.
This is something to think about as we go about our day. I write this with Doris’ permission. I hope it has been an encouragement to you as it was to me. It was just something God used to touch my life this week.
Grace & Peace,
Scott
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