Tuesday, October 26, 2010

God's Mighty Healing Power

Even though it is Tuesday morning, I am posting a Memorial Box Monday today. Linny over at A Place Called Simplicity started this wonderful link where people share stories of big and small miracles that God has blessed them with in His love and faithfulness. Stop over and read or link up with Linny.

Today's story is not about us, but about friends who experienced a miracle in their lives. We grew to be friends with Marilyn and Leon when we moved to their small town and Joel served as Pastor to their congregation for six and one half years. A few years after we moved to another church, we got a phone call telling us Leon had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer from asbestos. He had been exposed to the asbestos while in the military and quite often it resulted in this type of cancer. Many people began praying for Leon as he moved forward on this difficult journey.

When they had exhausted all treatment options and Leon realized he was going to die, they called and asked Joel to come back and officiate at his upcoming funeral. It was a sad time for all and especially his family as the large tumor began to block his ability to breath or swallow. Even though his time was near, he hoped to live through Christmas to be with his whole family, and he did.

As January arrived we waited for the phone call telling us of his death....but it did not come....and did not come. We began to wonder what was happening. A phone call eventually did come and instead of tears of sadness, we all had tears of joy! Leon began to feel better after Christmas, and when he went in to his doctor for a check up they did a CT to check on the tumor...but they could not find it! The tumor had disappeared. More tests gave them the same results.....the cancer was gone. One of his doctors had a scientific name for this....spontaneous remission.....BUT we ALL know why the cancer was gone. GOD is HIS power and love granted Leon more life. He alone healed Leon of the cancer!

More than six years later Leon is still doing well and living a full life. Let us never forget God's healing power and what He can and WILL do in our lives!

12 comments:

Ruth said...

wow.. how thrilling to hear about the super healing power of our God!! thank you for this inspiring post. Praise Him!!

Blessings,
Ruth

Anonymous said...

Praise the Lord for healing Leon! What an awesome post today Renee. Sending a hug to you from GA this morning.

NanaNor's said...

Blessings to you today, I just came over from Linny's place and so glad I did-such a remarkable "only God" testimony and one that encourages me today. I'm going to check out your other blog too but will be back.
Again, thank you for posting this.
Noreen

Fliterary said...

That's awesome, Renee. I love hearing how God works!

Praising God for His healing touch.

Hugs to you, sweet lady. I'm praying for you!

Meli n Pat said...

What a fabulous God-sized story! I do still wonder why He doesn't do this for all His children, but I have to trust His purposes. It is so fun to hear of miracles and how God's glory surpasses doctors' wisdom!

Mevely317 said...

I love this ...
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Renee said...

Hi Ruth...thanks for your comments...YES! Praise Him Praise Him..

Renee said...

Hi Mildred....Thanks for your greeting from GA....sending one to you from Iowa today too!

Renee said...

Hi Noreen..
Thanks for coming by my blog. Welcome! It definitely is an only God testimony...love that saying.

Renee said...

Hi Lisa....Hugs and prayers for you too!

Renee said...

Hi Meli
You are right...hard to understand why these miracles do not occur for everyone, but in God's wisdom we trust. Leon is a witness to all those doctors I am sure.

Renee said...

Hi Mevely...thanks for coming by!