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Divine Signs
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On most days, faith, hope and chocolate
can carry us through. But some times we
need nothing less than a divine sign to
bring us peace. Read how God delivers.
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A mother’s worst nightmare
On July 27, 1984, my children Thomas (age 12),
Todd (age 9), Shelly (age 3) and I were getting ready for school,
daycare and work. I noticed that there was something unusually wrong
with Shelly. She was very wobbly when she walked. The boys went to
school and I made an appointment with her pediatrician. She examined
Shelly thoroughly and determined it to be vertigo, a condition that
causes dizziness.
As the day went by, my daughter got
progressively worse. By Saturday morning, she could not walk at all or
even sit up alone without falling over. The doctor instructed us to
meet her at the emergency room at the hospital, where Shelly was
admitted and numerous tests were performed. Nothing was found to be
abnormal.
By Sunday morning, she was completely paralyzed.
Several friends and members of the church we were attending called to
say they were praying for Shelly. That afternoon, her aunt, Barbara R.,
came to sit with us and prayed for God to heal Shelly.
A very
short time after that, the neurologist came in and told me he was going
to have her moved to the ICU because her condition had continued to
worsen and she would need to be monitored more closely.
At
that instant, a calm, hazy feeling came over the room. The doctor
walked closer to the bed and put his hand on the top of Shelly’s head.
“What’s this?” he said, feeling something on her scalp. He looked more
closely and announced, “It’s a tick.” My daughter had tick paralysis, a
life-threatening condition that is easily treatable when properly
diagnosed.
Needless to say, there was rejoicing and praising in
that room. We know Jesus worked through the doctor to save and heal
her. After a few days, she was completely back to normal again.
Patricia L.
Raymond, MS
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