Miracles??

OK-so I'm almost always a Doubting Thomas. So to say that I truly believe in miracles is kinda big for me. And I do believe in miracles.

Wait, let me back up a bit...

So as some of you know, my 19-year old nephew Allen has stage 4 colon cancer. Yeah, I know, shocked us too. And the prognosis is not all that great. So, like a good Christian, I've turned to prayers. What else do we have in these situations?

So tonight, a lot of the family and friends gathered. It just so "happened" that another cousin of Allen's went to church (for the first time) last Sunday and encountered a healer. Let me tell you a little of his story that he shared.

He was born in India, in very extreme poverty. At the age of 12, he decided to commit suicide. He felt hopeless. But God spoke to him, and spoke to him BIG. He dreamed a dream 3 times, where Jesus was on the cross and said to him, "look what I did for you..." and basically called to him. Jesus told him (in the dream) that God would give this guy the gift of healing, would heal thousands of people and bring glory to God. This guy had a purpose in life and God needed his hands. So, needless to say, he didn't kill himself, but clung to God instead. He has now been to 52 different countries on healing ministries and has seen God heal THOUSANDS of people.

So Allen's cousin approached the healer that day at church and told the healer of her 19-year old cousin with cancer. He made arrangements to lay hands on Allen and pray for healing.

So, back to tonight, this guys comes with his, I guess I'll call him his assistant. So they come in, shake hands with a few people, introduces himself, tells some of his history and reads some verses from the bible.

He points out some verses that it is "God's will for the sick to be healed" and read an Old Testament verse (Bre, help me out! I sooo need to relearn the Bible) and then a New Testament verse stating Jesus’ lashes that he received were to heal us of our illnesses. He then prayed to ask forgiveness of sin and ask God to come and touch all of us. He then asked Allen to come and stand and asked all of us to reach out our hands to Allen and pray also. He began to rebuke cancer, and his voice became very strong and authoritative. He prayed more, stating that Allen WOULD be healed and it would bring glory to God, and Allen would be serving God for the rest of his days. He continued to pray and then Allen fell softly to the floor. That's when I truly began to believe this guy might be for real. Allen is kinda a macho kid. I mean, come on, this 19-year old young man is not going to fall on the floor just because this guy was pushing on his head.

And there was definitely a Presence in the room.

I think we all felt it. Even Allen's friends were affected, and I don't believe they even actively believe in God. And then It spread thru the room. Anyone who had any kind of affliction came to him for him to lay hands on them. There was such love and peace and unity in the room, it was almost overwhelming. The most confirming of the healings was one of Allen’s friends. The healer asked, “Is there someone here that has a stomach ailment?” Turned out there was. So after his friends outted him, he stood up, with his arms crossed. You can tell he was not believing in any of this. So the healer laid his hand on the guys head, and in about 10 seconds, this guy goes down. I was kinda amazed. He looked a little dazed when he got up, so something was definitely going on.

So anyways…after things settled down and the healer said his goodbyes, Billy, Allen and I were on the front porch and Allen turned to Billy and said that he did feel Something. He felt himself swaying the whole time, but couldn’t make himself stay still. He felt Something.

So now I’m gonna stand on my internet soapbox and proclaim-I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES.

I believe Allen will be changed for the better. I believe he will be healed, fully healed. I believe Allen will live to be a very old man, in good health and serve God. Maybe God allowed cancer into this young man’s body to grab his attention, knowing how we would gather our friends and family and PRAY HARD for healing. Maybe this was the only way God could get Allen’s attention. Either way, I believe God touched Allen tonight and I pray Allen remembers this and thinks on it and turns toward God.

James 5:14 “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven”