Sunday evening we had a backyard baptism service. Toward the end of our time together our host was stung by a white-faced hornet.
At first, he brushed it off and compared it to a sting he'd had earlier in the summer (when the hornets were small).
However, within ten minutes his lips began to swell and his thinking became impaired. Fearful that his tongue would swell and shut off his air supply, he had his son take him to the hospital.
On the way, his son described him as being covered with hives the size of a golf ball cut in half! His feet swelled. He described his ride to the hospital as one of shock - certain that he was going to die; feeling the irony that it was going to happen after a baptism service.
The phone call came to a number of us to pray for him as he was being taken to the hospital! We prayed.
His son reports that on the way to the hospital the hives began to lessen in size. He was treated, then released a couple of hours later. He had some carry-over effects for about twenty-four hours (but did go to work the next morning).
Did our prayers make a difference? Did God intervene because we asked Him to? Is Mark alive today because of prayer?
You get to make up your own mind on this; but for me, the answers are: Yes! Yes! Yes!
Put it this way: if you get stung with a white-faced hornet and your tongue begins to swell - do you want us to pray for you or not?
No comments:
Post a Comment