On Christmas Day, one of our Nazarene Pastors was admitted for
continued symptoms that had been going on for about 3 weeks. His headaches, fevers, and muscle pains
hadn't been cured with the prior treatments.
Over about 3 days, he went from answering my questions to almost
unresponsive. As the family, church
leaders asked what was happening, how he was doing, what could be done, I
shared that I didn't know and that despite treating him for everything I could
based on the most likely diagnosis given his lab and Xray results, I was
concerned that he could die, even die that day.
The family trusted God's plan for his life, and we prayed that
would save him, would heal him, would use the medicine to help his liver and
kidneys start worked again. In 24 hours
time, he went from comatose and almost dead to sitting up and talking to me. I just saw him back for his review, now almost 4 weeks later and he had no complaints, the fevers were gone, he was walking
without difficulty, was talking without any confusion - he was healed. What a gift, what an answer to prayer.
As thankful as we were for Pastor John's recovery, I know that the
same day he recovered, I signed a death certificate of someone who didn't make
it. We pray for healing in this life,
but our desire is for the patients to have a relationship with Christ that
allows this life not to be the end. Pray that we would continue to minister to patients both for their physical health as well as for their spiritual.