Hey eastern star,
My second child, my son was born dramatically with no heartbeat and was totally white, Apgar scores 0, 0, 3. The doctors resuscitated him, but said that if he lived, he would have massive cerebral palsy and would be severely involved. His brain stem was involved and he had no gag reflex, which said he would be looking like a more vegetative patient in a wheelchair fed through tube. I work in the medical field with kids just like this so I know exactly what this meant.
I was obviously in massive turmoil. Several days later, I was walking home from dropping my car for some work. I was falling apart, of course. I ran out of things to pray, but one incredible thing that came to mind was a scripture I had read from Mark 10, “ Jesus, son of David have mercy on my son!”. I prayed this for at least a good 15 minutes.
I don’t really know how to describe to you the experience that I had with Him, but in that moment, something totally different happened and I started putting my faith in Someone who I knew could do something about it. I knew that he had heard me, and I had faith that He was in the process of answering. I knew He had answered.
Today, 13 years later, he talks rides a bike, and although he has some trouble in school, God has absolutely delivered him from the pit and you wouldnt even know it…
You might check out the book “8 hours to Live” by Brian Wills for a list of sceiptures worth praying.
