Psalms 103 says, "Praise the LORD, O my soul and forget not all his benefits-- who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion."
During our stay at the hospital, we adapted this verse and coined the phrase, "He redeems our life from the pital."
A week or so into our stay at the "pital", my dad struck up a conversation with a father whose family we had been seeing around. He relayed to me a bit of their story. Due to lack of oxygen, their daughter's organs had begun to shut down, putting her on complete life support for a week or so. But little by little, and "all thanks to prayer" according to the dad, organs began working again and she was now off life support. I ran into the Dad a few days later. Super nice fella! I asked how things were going and offered to pray. Organs still needed healing, she needed to be weened off the ventilator, and she needed to eat and gain weight. I praised Jesus for his sacrifice, proclaimed his authority on earth, and prayed healing over her. We crossed paths with them many other times and he always joyfully greeted us with a smile. One Sunday we were having a time of worship in the waiting room with friends and family and the Dad came and stood quietly by the wall and listened. They took their daughter home a couple weeks before us. From complete life support to complete health. Thank you God for miracles like this one.
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