One weekend many autumns ago, we
were getting ready to have dinner when our doctor called us, and said
"I just saw your CT scan reports. You
have a brain aneurysm, and you need to go to emergency right now, and get
admitted in hospital". So we skipped dinner, and quickly walked down
to the hospital.
It was only a few nights earlier that
I had one of the worst headaches I'd ever had. The usual painkillers did
absolutely nothing to ease the pain, which prompted me to see our doctor, and
proceed with a CT scan and CT angiogram.
Now at the hospital, it wasn't
long before I was told how serious my condition was. Also, the option to have
surgery sounded very dangerous. I could die on the operating table, or end up
paralyzed. But, I was prompted to tell the surgeon to go ahead and do it.
Less than a few hours later I was
on a stretcher, in a long, cold, quiet and empty corridor, waiting to be
wheeled into the operating theatre. My wife was standing next to me. Then the
surgeon arrived dressed in his light blue surgical outfit, and one last time
explained, and asked if I had understood how critical the procedure was along
with the unknown consequences.
I looked him in the eye, and said
"Yes. Doctor ..., I just want you to
know, that at this very moment, there
are over a hundred people around the world praying for you!" He looked
at me and smiled, and said, "I need
that".
Moments later, after exchanging a
few words with the anesthetist, I blanked out ........ That must be what it feels
like to be dead.
But I woke up many hours later, and
realized that I was alive!!!
As they wheeled me to the
intensive care, I barely had the energy to shout "I am fine", to my wife who was anxiously and prayerfully
waiting along with her friends.
The operation went very well, and
not only was I released from hospital quickly, but I was back to work three
days later (even though my boss asked me to take two weeks off to recover)
Not once during those critical
moments did any negative thoughts such as that of dying, come across our minds.
That my friend, is what Peace is all
about. And only GOD can give us that kind of Peace!
"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus"
- Philippians 4:7
For giving me a second life, I am
truly grateful to the one who made me, and knows me, as well as the doctors,
surgeons, friends, and family.
I now know what this verse means:
"I praise you
because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full
well"
- Psalm 139:14
I have experienced many miracles,
and still continue to, but this one felt like going to the other side, and
coming back. And I cannot help but share with you my friend, how GOD uses whoever
HE chooses, whenever HE likes, wherever HE wants, through good times and bad, to glorify HIS name.
Remember, miracles
still happen!