Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They would be too numerous to count.Psalms 40: 5 (NASB)
I am coming up with excuses to explain the lack of posts recently. I cannot think of any, except, I am getting a mite lazy. However, there have been too many miracles along the way this month, I cannot rest my fingers anymore.
SF stepped down just before Christmas! It is a big big YAY! So I hope the hospital won’t mind exceedingly if I were to show a picture of this wonderful place:
Last week, we met a registrar from ICU who convinced us we are on the right track. We were trying SF out in his stroller, oxygen tank and Vivo 50 and all. We decided to make a short round to the ICU (just next door, heh), to say hi. Everyone at ICU was marvelling how much he has grown, and how well he looked now (we left ICU, like, two weeks ago?). Then Dr. X came by to CSDU, and started chatting with us. I cannot recall, word for word, what he said, but he maintained if we were not to look at medical interventions, it must really be the prayers that healed SF. The more he looks at SF, and the way he is smiling now, he is becoming more convinced there is a ‘God’ up there who healed SF. All I could say is wow, God works in the most convincing way. Just like what happened after Jesus calmed the storm: The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” (Matthew 8:27, NASB). Who is He? He is the God of miracles, and we belong to Him.
A couple of days ago, EC met a friend of his, who is in the same CTS team that operated on SF. Wanting to thank the doctors, EC mentioned the team must be happy things turned out so well for SF: a list of rare diseases, a series of most invasive procedures; and it all turned out well. The surgeon had to qualify, that even now, the team cannot come to an agreement on what exactly it was that helped SF recover so well. EC interjected, “Yes, that’s the work of God.”
We were interviewed by the national papers, Straits Times, sometime before the New Year. After the story was published (it was a short three paragraph write-up looking at children who were ‘given a new lease of life’ in the new year), the hospital’s staff informed us a mother, who is in the midst of a high risk pregnancy, wanted to speak to us regarding SF’s condition and treatment. As it turned out, she is a believer too, and is still praying for healing for her unborn child. I hoped I shared whatever God wanted her to know.
God seems to be working, step by step, showing those He loves, that the God of miracles is not dead! He bore our sins and sickness at the Cross. He wants us to resist sickness, as much as we resist sin! Right at the beginning of the journey, I remembered telling EC, “Why should my son be used to show others about God, with his very own life?”. I do not think God blames me for that statement. God allows us to fail, and does not condemn. Being the pragmatic one, instead of saying, “one day we will know why this is so”, EC simply told me, “The alternative to clinging on to God’s promise, will not make our life better.”. Yes, we live in a sinful world. We can easily choose the ‘alternative’ filled with bitterness, anger, and disappointment. It will not make our lives, nor the lives of those we are praying for any better. Remember, Jesus said, “…In the world, you will have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” (John 16: 33, NASB). I’d rather SF’s life is used by God, in suffering, than to suffer without God.