When the doctor looks at Carrie and is completely amazed that she isn't in a great deal of pain after showing us her MRI, that's a miracle! His astonishment (convinced that she only had one disk issue) and the usual only remaining solution of surgery for 5 impinged dislocated disks and two vertebral spurs, was trumped by her lack of excruciating pain. He was also surprised that she had no additional symptoms of pain caused by the four other impinged and dislocated disks!!! So, five impinged, dislocated disks, and in addition, two bone spurs, one at C-3 being the largest and her being asymptomatic for that pinching demonstrates clearly to us, all of us that God is gracing Carrie with a miracle!
As I reflect upon all this, and all that God has done by miracle in our lives, I am convinced that He is doing and has done works of this magnitude for reasons that are larger, much grander than simply physical healing. Altars are constructed as life changing monuments spurred by miraculous revelations of God's workings in lives and their response. We find ourselves now, at yet another 'altar' time in our lives. God has our attention. He is performing miracles in our lives. He is God and His glory seems to rest upon us.
Such moments can be squandered, relegated to chance and haphazard blessing, but we see it as convincingly demonstrative of the grace of God pouring over us. We don't deserve this. Others are facing so much more in their struggles, but we gladly receive this grace for us, and loudly proclaim the glory of God!!!
I will purchase my plane ticket today, to Croatia in March, trusting that issues of health for both of us will continue while apart then. For us, it is a time of uncertainty for Carrie's job and the future of our calling, Yet we know of only One who can and will lead us through each hurdle and step along the way. I pause, this morning, to erect this oracle of blessing as my altar of miracle. Thankful for my God, His leading and His powerful miracles in the life of Carrie, humbly we accept such a blessing and look forward to where He will lead us next.
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