The Miracle of a Song
The kid looked drained. He was barely seven years old
and here he was struck by dengue. It has been a week
since he felt the fever. But the mother did not have the
money.....
The hospital's Intensive Care Unit was in utter chaos!
The seven-year-old boy was on the verge of life-and-
death.The two attending physicians were in a quandary.
They could not find an IV site! And the little boy was
getting weaker by the minute. The doctors and nurses
stared helplessly as they tried in vain to search for an
IV site to inject the dextrose with. There was none!
The young boy's life was quickly ebbing away right
before the physicians' eyes. His precious young life
depended on them. Yet they knew if they couldn't
attach the dextrose soon....
Then out of nowhere, a voice broke the deadly silence. It
was the doctor trying to sing a few lines of Don Moen's
song 'God Will make a Way'. Out of the stillness of the
early morn, his first tentative lines rang out clearly in
the ICU...
'God will make a way,
Where there seems to be no way,
He works in ways we cannot see....'
The other doctor, a resident phsyician, sensing what
her friend was trying to do joined in the singing. In
times of trouble only God can find a way indeed. It was
a long shot...But it might work. Before long the entire
staff present at the ICU joined in the singing too.
"He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength
For each new day
He will make a way
He will make a way
By a roadway in the wilderness
He'll lead me
And rivers in the desert will I see
Heaven and earth will fade
But His Word will still remain
He will do something new today."
They finished the song and miraculously they were able
to find two IV sites right after. Immediately, the
dextrose was safely tucked in place. And if that wasn't
enough... two days later the little boy got completely
cured of dengue. And was released from the hospital.
"When we rely on God...all is not lost."
This is a true story. I should know because the resident
physician of the little boy, who is now a full-fledged
pediatrician, is my sister, Dr. Lyndin Cuizon.
-By Gwendolyn A. Cuizon
On Prayers
Prayer is an effective antidote to all negativity we encounter.
That is a proven fact.
Even doctors and scientists marvel at its effectiveness. Comparing a group of patients who are prayed upon and practices daily prayer methods to those who do not have prayer support, results showed that more patients who got prayer support got cured than those whodidn't.
This is a fact long adhered to by the religious and long-disputed by science. But now science and religion have arrived at the same conclusion and that is "Prayer works". Why does this happen is another fact subject to dispute. But both scientists and religous admit that prayers work because having faith that you get cured or you will overcome obstacles is winning half thebattle. The remaining 50% depends on numerous variables: medicine, money, technology, etc., etc.,etc.
There is something about prayer that makes the human spirit indomitable. That gives it strength, hope and determination. In essence, it is a way to communicate with God. In order to gain a new lease on life, we need to go back to its Source. And the Source will never let us down. That is the basic premise behind prayers. And the reason why it is effective - be it in illness or on everything else.
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