Friday, December 12, 2008

He is Mighty to Save

I have just been through the worst week of my entire life. Thankfully, it's over and I truly believe God has a purpose for it all and will be glorified through it.
Here's the story:
On Monday, my mom was at a meeting for work at the elementary school next to my family's house. The meetings normally last 30 minutes, but this one lasted over an hour. During the meeting, my mom's friend, K. (who, by the way, wasn't even supposed to be at the meeting!) received a phone call from her daughter. Her daughter, M., was in an inebriated state the previous night and had somehow managed to break her thumb. During the phone call, the meeting finished, so my mom grabbed K's things and waited for her in the school's office while she finished up her phone call. By the time the phone call was finished, it was 3:45 in the afternoon. My mom decided that she didn't have enough time to make it back over to the office (her work day is over at 4:00), so she went home to finish up work. She arrived home at 3:46 to find my dad lying on their bed, in desperate need of help. She called 911, began CPR, and finally at 4:00 the paramedics arrived on the scene and whisked him off to the hospital. His heart was beating at 100/250 - a pressure few survive. Had my mom not arrived when she did, my dad would no longer be with us.
In the days following, we discovered he had a heart arrhythmia and 90% blockage in the LAD - a very major artery in your heart. He was so close to having a massive heart attack. After a complicated angiogram, 2 stents, and a brief stay in ICU, we now have my dad home with us.
While I have to believe God is good, all the time, I am so thankful that His plan and purpose for my dad have not yet been fulfilled this side of heaven and we get to keep him here with us. God's orchestration of all the events is mind-boggling. Only He could have done that. K and M are two non-believers and yet He chose to use them to fulfill His purpose in my dad's life. That is so incredible. My prayer is that God will be glorified in their lives as they come to know Jesus as their Savior. My God is mighty to save.

"Yet He saved them for His Name's sake, to make His mighty power known." Psalm 106:8

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