Seeing a glimpse of Jesus

Here's an update of how things have gone this week with the "project"--Weds and Thursday were great days of workouts/cardio and I have continued to remain faithful to eating smaller portions of MUCH healthier foods. I am a few days away from Monday's weigh in and whether or not I have lost much weight this week, I certainly can tell a difference in my energy level and overall attitude towards continuing towards the goal. Friday was a family day. I did not work out but continued eating well. My wife and I took our son to a 9 month well check-up and he's doing great! Then, we grocery shopped and had lunch and then spent the evening with our family just hanging out. So Saturday is back to it.

While keeping you posted about the progress is the main point of this blog, I had to share what happened in two of the instances I mentioned earlier in the week. Weds morning I went to the hospital to see two folks in two pretty scary situations. The first gentleman had been tested, scanned, and biopsied for a tumor in a lymph node which was positive for cancer. The surgery he faced was to remove the lymph node, send it to the lab to specify which type of cancer it was, and then proceed with treatment accordingly. The second gentleman I visited had a lung biopsy done the week previous week, same scenario as above--cancer. During his biopsy, they had punctured the lung and a hole was not healing so they were unable to perform the necessary radiation and chemotherapy. He had chest tubes done numerous times because the lung was collapsed and would not fill properly.

I stopped down to have prayer with the first gentleman and his wife before his surgery at 8AM. We had prayer, and then I ventured upstairs to visit the second gentleman. When I arrived in his room, the doctor had already been to see him and things were not improving in regards to the hole in the lung and there didn't seem much hope in resuming treatments for his cancer. We had prayer, and I went back down to sit with the family during surgery for the first gentleman. At about 10AM the surgeon came out to speak to the family and was smiling from ear to ear. After all the positive results for cancer, the lymph node was removed and was totally benign! He stayed over night and went home the next day. There were two options for him as he entered surgery---both cancer. But God saw fit to grant him a third option......NO CANCER! When the doctor told his wife, and then she shared with us, it was assuredly a holy moment because we had been present to a true miracle of God. It was amazing!

After this, I went back upstairs to check in on gentleman number 2---in the two hours since first visiting, something had happened....his lung began to fill and the hole was closing allowing them to remove a chest tube and continue his cancer treatments. In two hours times, I had been physically present to witness two miracles just 2 floors from one another in the same hospital.

It had nothing to do with me, my prayer, or faithfulness to visit my flock. It is all part of God's amazing power to do what man thinks impossible. It sounds almost melodramatic, and even unrelated, but if God can cure cancer and seal a pin sized whole in a lung in a matter of moments, He surely can help me accomplish something as little as being a healthier person. But I needed to see what happened on Weds. It reminded me of the power of the God I serve and that He is capable of immeasurably more than we can ever hope or dream!