Galatians 6:10 - Therefore, as we have opportunity,
let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of
believers. (NIV)
My wife died in April, and I found myself alone in a
two-bedroom apartment, trying to recover from prostate surgery, with my only
child working overseas. The third day after the operation, I was a complete
jelly and found myself totally wiped out. God, however, had seen my need and
sent me assistance in the form of young woman parishioner from my church, who
came alongside me and organized my trip to the emergency department. Before
sending me home, the nurse outfitted me with a new leg bag for my catheter. In
doing so, she shortened the stock issue hose and reinserted the connecting
nipple, securing the whole with pink plastic sticky tape. The doctor strongly
felt that I should not be left alone, and so my friend took me to her house for
the night.
The next day being Sunday, she left me comfortable in
her living room with her two dogs while she went to church. Sitting there
reading a book, I suddenly realized that things had gone terribly wrong with the
catheter plumbing, forcing me to beat a hasty retreat to her downstairs
bathroom. There, with great difficulty, I was able to unravel the tape, to find
that the hose fitting had parted. I was able to put things back together, but
had no tape to hold it together. I was hobbling around in a strange house,
holding things together with one hand, wondering where I could find medical
tape, duct tape, anything, and really feeling quite desperate. I was standing at
a loss in the living room when the malamute-cross dog came down the stairs
carrying something in his mouth. He dropped this about a foot from my slipper --
a plastic bobbin of 3M Magic Tape! When my hostess came home and I told her
about it, she said that she had no idea that she had a roll of this tape
upstairs, and that this particular dog was not given to carrying things in his
mouth.
I have no idea how God was able to send that dog to
help me that day -- it remains purely a miracle. When such a miracle occurs, I
feel that it is our duty to glorify God by making it known. This type of
experience can restore the often-flagging faith of the believer, and it stands
as a magnificent display of God's grace in action.
Prayer: Thank You, Lord, for those times when You come
to our rescue, often without our even thinking of praying about a situation.
Sometimes, Your answer is already on the way before we even think to pray about
it. We praise You for those miracles that reinforce our faith and remind us of
Your everlasting love for us in Christ, in Whose name we pray. Amen.
George Millett
geomax@shaw.ca
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
Thanks to http://daily.presbycan.ca
The Illustrator: This daily newsletter is dedicated to encouraging
everyone to look towards Jesus as the source of all the solutions to our
problems. It contains a daily inspirational story, a Bible verse and encouraging
messages. HTML and plain text versions available.
The Nugget: Published three times a week, this newsletter features inspirational devotionals and mini-sermons dedicated to drawing mankind closer to each other and to Christ.