"Three men have died from herpes encephalitis," my
physician husband told me. "We're having a little epidemic
here."
A request had just come through our church's prayer chain:
"Pray that God will heal a 12-year old boy who is in a coma
from herpes encephalitis."
There was something about the severity of this situation
that called for more than a glib compliance with the prayer
request. Besides, I have a "truth and justice" voice inside
me that does not allow me to comply with something I do not
believe is possible. Knowing the low survival rate for
herpes encephalitis, I did not believe at that time
recovery could be possible.
I could not pray as I was told. However, I did pray, "God,
show me how to pray for this child." Next, I held my
closed Bible between the palms of both hands, suspended all
thinking and allowed my thumbs to open the book
intuitively. I know. I know. People say you are not
supposed to do that. They argue, "What if you are told to
do something totally out of context?" Well, I was asking
God how I should pray for this boy and at that time in my
life, the only way I could be certain the answer was coming
from God, was to look in the Bible.
"Show me how to pray," I whispered as I opened the book.
As I glanced over the two pages of Psalm 27, verse 13
seemed to stand out to me:
"I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would
see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the
living."(NASB)
What could this mean? Was this a promise from God that the
boy would live? I spoke a soft prayer, "God, if this is
really you speaking through this verse, then I believe he
will be healed." I decided to keep this to myself since it
seemed to fly in the face of rational facts, and it felt
safer to keep it inside my heart.
A few days later I was at the hospital with one of my kids,
when I saw the boy's mother. We went for coffee and I asked
her, "So how is he?" Sadly, she shook her head and
replied, "The doctors say there is little hope. He is
brain-dead or will be soon."
At that moment I remembered the Bible verse, so I asked the
mother, "What does God say?" Her eyes lit up and a smile
stretched across her face. In a hushed tone, she
whispered, "Now that's another matter! God tells me that
all is well. But I'm his mother. Maybe that is just
wishful thinking."
"Maybe not," I pulled a small Bible from my purse. "Listen
to this verse I was drawn to while praying for your son."
I read it slowly and carefully, so she could receive the
full meaning behind it. "I would have despaired unless I
had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in
the land of the living." When I was done, our eyes met; we
both stood up and embraced each other!
"Let's keep this as our secret," the mother suggested.
"I agree. It is our secret." I promised.
Her son did not die. Gradually he came back to life. It
was a long journey, but today he is alive and well. I
remember seeing him when he was about 19 years old —
he had such a sweet expression on his face that I wondered
if he had been with angels. I also found out that he could
drive a car and had his driver's license. I was told he
went downhill skiing with his friends on weekends. He
missed about a year of school and had to learn how to read
all over again, but in the grand scheme of things, that is
very little.
As I look back upon this miracle — one of the first
miracles in which I participated -- I see a number of key
factors were at work:
1. Acceptance of the diagnosis was a big step. Often
people simply do not want to accept what is presenting in
the moment. Denial and suppression are never constructive.
2. Integrity was vital. My desire for truth led me to seek
a higher level of information. Sometimes it seems easier
to go along with the crowd, but this experience taught me
to pay attention to the resistance I feel when confronted
with someone's "wishful thinking."
3. I trusted my intuition. Intuition is our built-in
guidance system. Some people get a "gut feeling"; others
get "goose bumps"; while some folks seem to have a
"knowing." In this case, my intuition drew my attention to
that specific Bible verse.
4. I carefully guarded this precious spiritual insight. If
I had tried to tell the doctors, "God told me the boy will
live," and they reacted negatively to this message, they
could have created doubt in my heart and it's possible the
boy might have died instead. 5. Power was multiplied
exponentially when two of us agreed. "If two of you on
earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for
you by my Father in heaven." (Matthew 18:19) David R.
Hawkins in Truth vs. Falsehood, page 38, states that one
person vibrating in unconditional love counterbalances the
negativity of 750,000 people in a negative state, how much
more powerful are two people? 6. We celebrated the signs
along the way toward the completion of this miracle!
Sometimes a miracle occurs in a moment. Other times, it
takes months or years to fully unfold. I remember
celebrating with gratitude each milestone this young man
reached during his lengthy recovery. His mother and I kept
our secret with each other...until now.
Looking back on this miraculous event, I can clearly see
how the affirmation we are using during "A Year of
Miracles" is precise and true:
Even though this situation looks bad (or hopeless or
endless) I am opening a Window of Possibility to an
unexpected outcome.
When two people hold open a Window of Possibility, even the
impossible becomes possible and miracles happen.
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Rebecca Hanson is the Founder of the Law of Attraction
Training Center. She is a natural teacher and mentor to
students from around the world. Learn how you can apply the
Law of Attraction to have a fuller more enriching life,
through the Certified Law of Attraction Practitioners'
Program, a 65-hour audio course at:
http://www.lawofattractiontrainingcenter.com/programs.html .
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