Christ in the Redwoods

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:24:56 +0100

In July, 2010 my family and I vacationed in northern California. We were on our way to go camping in the Redwood forest when we stopped at a restaurant for lunch. As we were getting out of the car I noticed a group of young Hispanic males going into the restaurant being led by a man on crutches. After getting our food we ended up seated beside the young men. As I looked over I noticed the fellow with the crutches also had a cast like boot up to his knee. I spoke to the young man and asked him what happened to his leg. He said that he had torn all the tendons and ligaments in his foot and leg. He said that it was so painful he could not use it at all. I asked him if he would like prayer because I knew that our God was in the healing business. He looked at all the other guys at his table and with everyone smiling he said "yes." I then anointed him with oil laid hands on him and began to pray. As the prayer ended the young man stood up and said "there is no pain!" He then told one of the young men with him to go to the car and get his back pack. While the young man took off running to the car the fellow with the crutches said,"I am the youth pastor at our church and these are the members of our youth group. We are on our way today to a big youth rally up north. When I woke up this morning the Lord spoke to me and said "Take your other shoe with you today." I replied "Why Lord, I can not use it." He again said "Take your other shoe." So I did put my shoe in my back pack.

As the young man returned with the back pack he began to pull out his shoe. He removed the cast like brace and placed his shoe on his foot. Everyone shouted as he stood up passed his crutches to one of the guys and walked out of the restaurant.

God had a Devine appointment that day and we had the privilege of driving hundreds of miles to be a part of the miracle healing that God orchestrated for a California youth pastor on his way to a youth rally. God moves everywhere, even in the Redwoods.

Hope

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:19:43 +0100

I began my day in the hospital as usual. Being a respiratory therapist I was always looking for extra flow meters to connect patients up to oxygen. Many times they would be left in the room when patients were discharged. So I would go from room to room checking. As I stepped into the room I noticed the patient was connected to a catheter and the bag was filled with blood clots. As I looked up I saw a middle aged lady lying there sobbing uncontrollably. I asked "Honey what is wrong?" She replied "I have no hope." "The Dr. said the radiation has burned up my bladder and there is nothing that can be done." I pulled up a chair and said "Let me tell you about hope." As I began to shared the gospel with her I found out that she had a relationship with the Lord as a girl but had walked away as she grew older. I reminded her that God never left her and He loves her so much that He would like to see her healed. I then asked her if I could lay my hands on her and pray. She said "Yes please do." So we began to pray. As the prayer ended I told her that I would stop by throughout my shift that night to check on her.

As time would have it I had the opportunity to stop by several times. The first time I checked on her she had a visitor. As I stepped in the doorway she shouted "there she is." She then introduced her husband to me and said "I have not passed a blood clot since we prayed." They both began to thank me and we gave God the glory. The next time I went to her room there was just a pink tinge to the fluid. We began to rejoice and I told her my shift was over and I would see her tomorrow. The next day I rushed to her room to see her and the room was empty. I ran to the nurses station to find out where she went. The nurse replied "She was perfectly well and had been released." What an awesome night I had. I praised God the entire shift and thanked Him for our hope is in the Lord...

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