miracle man

He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
Job 5:9

Doesn't it seem that when you least expect it, life can turn, shift, and twist, taking you completely off guard! One such time happened to me a year ago July. It was a time of sadness, pain, joy; and yet a true lesson in the gift of miracles.
 
The summer pretty much was a normal summer, that is until a call came one July morning. It was from my mom. She had called to let me know that my brother-in-law had been rushed to the hospital with a massive stroke. His condition was grave, his hope for survival was grim. My first reaction was pure shock! But, as I got off the phone with her I instantly felt what I needed to do. And this was to ask God, through prayer, to help my brother-in-law in this great time of need.
 

Miracles seldom occur in the lives of those who do not consider them possible.

                                                          -Neale Donald Walsch


The calls from mom kept coming pretty regularly that morning; filled with updates as to what was happening and what could not be done. In one recent call she had indicated that the stroke had been so severe that it had made him brain dead. He only had a 4% chance to live. He would not recover from this. Hope was draining.


                                              Don’t believe in miracles, depend on them.
                                                                      -Laurence J. Peter


I got going! I started to phone friends. I sent emails out. I asked for all I the people I could think of to pray. Pray for a miracle. Pray for my brother-in-law. Just pray!

          God opens ways where to human senses there is no way.

 Ask the help of your  higher power.

                                                                  Keep your faith.

                                                               - Catherine Ponder

A day later, with hope not looking up, and without much of a second thought, my family and I got in the car. We started to drive the hundreds of miles to Texas. We drove there anticipating an impending funeral. We drove down there in heavy prayer, wishes for a miracle, and much, MUCH, hope in our hearts. We would not give up, never!


And... little by little,


 mile by mile,


 as we got closer to their town the "miracles" had already began to occur. My brother-in-law began to make signs of life! His eyes opened up. He lifted a finger. He was still with us!!

            And Jesus beholding, said to them: With men this is impossible: but with 

 God all things are possible.

- Matthew 19:26

The day we arrived down at my sisters, he began to respond even more...one blink for yes...two blinks for no. He could speak with his eyes... an amazing thing to see.


When we visited him in the ICU he suddenly began to lift his hand, he had feeling in his feet!


The prayers continued and the miracles kept coming...


He began to move his neck. He began to try to talk!


Against all the doctors odds of hope and life. With a diagnoses of "brain dead" and "you should consider pulling him off life support". Through the power of prayer, never giving up hope, and the gift of God's miracles, my brother-in-law had beat ALL odds of being alive!

This past Christmas, my brother-in-law drove his family, all the way from Texas to the midwest for Christmas! Not even 6 months after his brush with fate, he is able to drive, talk, walk, LIVE! This truly was the greatest Christmas gift of them all!

Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done.

- Charles Wesley

I truly believe that I have witnessed a miracle first hand. And, it wasn't just me! My family has witnessed that same miracle.

Never give up hope!

God can make things happen.

Pray and always believe!

Amen!! Amen!!