Tuesday, October 7, 2008

God's amazing miracles

I don't know if I ever mentioned this but 4 kids from my church were in a car accident on Sunday. One (Bill) walked away fine except for emotionally. Another (Alyssa) walked away with a broken collar bone and hurt very emotionally. Another (Adam) had/has internal bleeding, broken ribs, punctured lung, ruptured spleen, torn kidney, and pelvis broken in 4 spots and is going into surgery tomorrow. And another (Sarah) had severe head trauma, the doctors said she shouldn't have made it but she is still alive because of God's amazing miracles. I visited the hospital today. I didn't get to see Adam, but he is slowly progressing. Sarah is in a drug-induced coma. My mom and I got to pray with Sarah's family. I got to hold her hand. It was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done. We also got to pray with Adam's sister Kate. She and I are very good friends. She is a major blessing to me. It was also one of the hardest things I've done to hold her and pray with her. She loves the Lord and wants Him to be glorified even in Adam's pain. I praise God for that. God is working miracles in their bodies. It was amazing. I wrote notes to Adam, Kate, and Sarah on their caringbridge websites. I'd like to share them with you...

Sarah,
I got to come see you today. I got to pray with your family. It was such a blessing to recount all the gifts God has given me and you through His son. God is sovereign in all He does even in the pain that he causes. I pray He continues to heal you. I pray He continues to work in your heart even while you are not fully awake. I pray He lets you finish the work that He has put you on this earth to do. You are a blessing. You are always smiling and gracious even when people aren't toward you. That is an awesome quality. God is good all the time.
I'm praying for you,
Greta Johnson

Adam,
I pray you know the Lord as your Savior.
I pray you grow from this.
I pray that you glorify the Lord through this.
I pray you love the Lord more from this.
I pray you love your family more from this.
I pray you see the great gifts you have been given.
I pray that you find hope in the perfect heavenly physician.
I pray you know that Christ suffered as you suffer.
I pray you tell others of the great work that Christ has done for you and for them.
I pray you feel stilled as if by quiet waters.

I'm praying for you, hey can you give your sister a message for me?

Dear Kate,

I love you. When I learned of this accident I started to cry and pray immediately. My first prayer was that all the kids in the car would know Christ as their Savior so that if God decided to call them home they would be in heaven that day worshipping the Lord perfectly and in joy. My second prayer was that you would grow out of this experience. I prayed that you would know Christ as your Savior so that you could find reason to glorify Him in pain. I prayed that you would not be angry with God for His sovereignty in letting this accident occur. That you would see that what He did is for your joy in Him even though it caused immense pain. I prayed that you would know that He did this to show you that He provides only what we can handle and nothing more. I prayed that you would find hope in each morning because His mercies are new every morning. I want you to know that I’ve been praying for you. I want you to know that I care about you and your spiritual well being. I want you to know God is sovereign in all things good and bad. I want you to love Christ more through this pain.

I love you so much in all the world,
Greta

P.S. Thanks Adam because Christ is using you.

Please be praying that God continues to work in their bodies and in their hearts to the glory of His name,
Greta

1 comment:

Katie said...

Greta, I praise God for your desire to encourage the saints! Thank you for being there for your friends in their time of need.