I have 2 miracles to share
Brokenhearted
Registrant
I must share these with y'all. These are real miracles that have happened this month.
My husband and I have a good friend who lives back in our old city we lived in for 8 yrs. I'll call him "W." We used to go to church w/ this man and his wife and had a lot of good times, eating out, etc. and we have known each other for about 11 yrs now. They have a great marriage and are very happy and normal. This man is the closest my husband has to a real friend besides me. "W" is a young Christian man and has started his own little church.
A week ago W's wife's brother had heart failure due to a congenital heart problem. He was rushed to the hospital and they soon found that he needed a heart AND lung transplant.
Now, most people wait for about 18 months for such a transplant to come up, and it must be a perfect match. "W" and his church staff went and prayed over his wife's brother. They have been praying nonstop. (He has also been praying for my husband's and my plight). The brother told them that he then felt that he would get help on his birthday.
Sunday was the brother's birthday. The brother's mom went in to talk to him. She said, "Happy Birthday" and the brother smiled and knew what that meant. At 2 minutes past 12:00 a.m. on Sunday, they had learned that a heart and lung, perfect match, had become available. They had waited 4 days.
Now he is being moved from the most serious area of the ICU to the regular ICU, a big step for his condition.
That is Miracle #1.
Miracle #2: "W" has been helping me with praying about my marriage and my husband's csa effects. He emails or calls my husband about every week or two just to ask how it's going, visit w/ him, etc. About 2 weeks ago I had a long phone talk w/ "W". After sharing all my "evidence" and all the things that my husband seems to be going through, "W" finally confided to me that he is a child sexual abuse survivor himself - his own father was his perp.
Not only is he my husband's only guy friend, and a Christian, but he is a survivor. I asked him if he ever got therapy. He said, "No, I got saved." He also said that being saved gave him a "moral compass" to go by. If my husband had this moral compass he wouldn't be so quick to let our family break apart, he would honor his commitment and vow, would not hurt others (me). That is part of what we're struggling w/. Right now I am the moral compass of the family, not judging, offering mercy, love, hope, faith, in spite of my own pain. I am committed and believe in our covenant of marriage and want it to succeed.
My husband does not YET know this information about "W". "W" was hoping my husband would confide in him FIRST and the "W" would share his own story. They have been friends for 11 yrs. "W" said he's probably going to share his story w/ him soon, when the time feels right. But who better to be a help than another survivor??? What are the odds of that?
I know that prayer is powerful. I had gone to a moms' Bible Study Thurs. a.m. Anyway, I just thought that BOTH the transplant match in such a quick time AND the fact that "W" is a survivor too were just pretty neat and I had to share.
My husband and I have a good friend who lives back in our old city we lived in for 8 yrs. I'll call him "W." We used to go to church w/ this man and his wife and had a lot of good times, eating out, etc. and we have known each other for about 11 yrs now. They have a great marriage and are very happy and normal. This man is the closest my husband has to a real friend besides me. "W" is a young Christian man and has started his own little church.
A week ago W's wife's brother had heart failure due to a congenital heart problem. He was rushed to the hospital and they soon found that he needed a heart AND lung transplant.
Now, most people wait for about 18 months for such a transplant to come up, and it must be a perfect match. "W" and his church staff went and prayed over his wife's brother. They have been praying nonstop. (He has also been praying for my husband's and my plight). The brother told them that he then felt that he would get help on his birthday.
Sunday was the brother's birthday. The brother's mom went in to talk to him. She said, "Happy Birthday" and the brother smiled and knew what that meant. At 2 minutes past 12:00 a.m. on Sunday, they had learned that a heart and lung, perfect match, had become available. They had waited 4 days.
Now he is being moved from the most serious area of the ICU to the regular ICU, a big step for his condition.
That is Miracle #1.
Miracle #2: "W" has been helping me with praying about my marriage and my husband's csa effects. He emails or calls my husband about every week or two just to ask how it's going, visit w/ him, etc. About 2 weeks ago I had a long phone talk w/ "W". After sharing all my "evidence" and all the things that my husband seems to be going through, "W" finally confided to me that he is a child sexual abuse survivor himself - his own father was his perp.
Not only is he my husband's only guy friend, and a Christian, but he is a survivor. I asked him if he ever got therapy. He said, "No, I got saved." He also said that being saved gave him a "moral compass" to go by. If my husband had this moral compass he wouldn't be so quick to let our family break apart, he would honor his commitment and vow, would not hurt others (me). That is part of what we're struggling w/. Right now I am the moral compass of the family, not judging, offering mercy, love, hope, faith, in spite of my own pain. I am committed and believe in our covenant of marriage and want it to succeed.
My husband does not YET know this information about "W". "W" was hoping my husband would confide in him FIRST and the "W" would share his own story. They have been friends for 11 yrs. "W" said he's probably going to share his story w/ him soon, when the time feels right. But who better to be a help than another survivor??? What are the odds of that?
I know that prayer is powerful. I had gone to a moms' Bible Study Thurs. a.m. Anyway, I just thought that BOTH the transplant match in such a quick time AND the fact that "W" is a survivor too were just pretty neat and I had to share.