A miracle.
It might be staring us in the face.
A miracle.
My brother and sister in law are currently down in Houston at MD Anderson seeing the #1 specialist in the country for his kind of cancer.
A miracle.
While visiting with the Dr. today, my brother mentioned that his right testicle had been tender for the past few days.
A miracle.
The Dr. ordered an ultrasound and they saw a mass in his right testicle.
A miracle.
The Dr. ordered blood tests and along with his testosterone being quite high some of his other numbers were off.
A miracle.
The Dr. now thinks that his esophageal cancer is NOT back. That, instead, he has been hit by lightening twice...
A miracle.
The Dr. is quite certain that my brother has testicular cancer. They are going to do a biopsy tomorrow.
A miracle.
If this IS testicular cancer, there is a more that 50% chance of survival. If it is NOT... If it IS esophageal cancer there is NO chance of survival. There is only the option of doing chemo to prolong the inevitable.
A miracle.
My brother jokingly said on the phone today that he never thought he would actually pray for testicular cancer.
That is EXACTLY what we're praying for...
A miracle.
11 comments:
I'm tearing up right now. God is AMAZING. Isn't it so funny that he would bring "good" news in that form?
Praying, praying, praying for that good news.
Wow...I'm agreeing with you in prayer!!!
Wow Meredith, I have goosebumps!! God's goodness has such a way of sneaking up on us doesn't it? It makes be cry just thinking how awesome He is!
Still on my knees praying for you and your family!
~Sassy
God is so great and prayer is so powerful. Keep us posted and you will be in my prayers.
I love your brother - don't know him, but I love him! He is amazing and how great is it that he is being seen by the number one specialist??!! Thinking of you and him...
Chills!!!!
We are praying for that MIRACLE of testicular cancer! Crazy words!
Thank you for keeping us updated. Praying for "good" news!
I'm praying too!! Thanks for calling me with the update!
I just see your brother in this! Thought he might like this book - I love Max Lucado - such a gifted author!
Week of July 17
My Struggles are About Him
by Max Lucado
What about your struggles? Is there any chance, any possibility, that you have been selected to struggle for God's glory? Have you "been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake" (Philippians 1:29)?
Here is a clue. Do your prayers seem to be unanswered? What you request and what you receive aren't matching up? Don't think God is not listening. Indeed he is. He may have higher plans.
Here is another. Are people strengthened by your struggles? A friend of mine can answer yes. His cancer was consuming more than his body; it was eating away at his faith. Unanswered petitions perplexed him. Well-meaning Christians confused him. "If you have faith," they said, "you will be healed."
No healing came. Just more chemo, nausea, and questions. He assumed the fault was a small faith. I suggested another answer. "It's not about you," I told him. "Your hospital room is a showcase for your Maker. Your faith in the face of suffering cranks up the volume of God's song."
Oh, that you could have seen the relief on his face. To know that he hadn't failed God and God hadn't failed him--this made all the difference. Seeing his sickness in the scope of God's sovereign plan gave his condition a sense of dignity. He accepted his cancer as an assignment from heaven: a missionary to the cancer ward.
A week later I saw him again. "I reflected God," he said, smiling through a thin face, "to the nurse, the doctors, my friends. Who knows who needed to see God, but I did my best to make him seen."
Bingo. His cancer paraded the power of Jesus down the Main Street of his world.
God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.
Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.
Through your problems and mine, may God be seen.
From
It's Not About Me
© (Thomas Nelson, 2007),
Max Lucado
Never have been asked to pray for ancer. Your brother is amazing!
I believe in miracles.
Praying for more miracles!!
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