Saturday, January 07, 2006

Claiming a Miracle...

Trish writes:


I would like to Claim a miracle at work!!

Here is the complete story....for those who believe or will not...please feel free to share this miracle with others.

[Recently] my college age daughter was burnt by M-Cresol, a highly toxic and dangerous acid, in a chemistry [class] accident. She received splashing burns to the tops of her arms and hands and while washing off the acid, spread the burn to cover both hands and arms front and back. It was a terrible accident.

She immediately had great pain and told me she actually saw her arms bubbling from the burning acid. She was treated at a local hospital and bandaged [and] never really got to inspect her arms, but the doctors told her to expect to return daily for bandage changes, that she had 2nd and some 3rd degree burns and would experience scarring at the very least.

This is when the prayer team went into work.

As soon as I knew of the accident I told everyone I knew to pray. The request went out locally to churches I knew...and across the internet to my friends online...many of [whom] told me they were passing on our prayer request.

The first part of the miracle was unfolding.

I investigated M-Cresol online and was horrified ... I immediately sent this information to my daughter, who passed in on to the doctors. They began blood testing to screen her for the potential problems that exposure to this substance can cause.

The bandages were changed on day two to reveal a remarkable progress to her healing. Instead of the level of burns the doctors expected to reveal to her, they found 1rst and 2nd degree burns.

Already prayers were being answered. She still had a road to recovery, but the level of her injury was a lot less than expected (or perhaps the miracle unfolding.)

Several days later, blood tests were repeated and showed no toxic damage to my daughter's kidneys or liver. AMEN!! Prayers Answered...but the miracle was yet to be acknowledged.

Yesterday One week after the accident my daughter kept an appointment with a dematologist. Her bandaged were completely removed to reveal...

...FRECKLES.

That is right: all her 2nd degree burns had become no more than freckles on her arms. The rest of her arm showed no signs of change whatsoever.

She had never had freckles before...so I am sure that this outward sign of her burns is what remains of the SERIOUS burns she had only one week before.

No grafts, no creams, no treatment....just prayer had healed her flesh.

Gives you goose bumps doesn't it?

I claim this miracle on behalf of my daughter, my family and all of you who believe and those of you who do not believe.

May the Lord bless and protect you, may the Lord's face radiate with joy because of you. May He be gracious to you and show you His favor and give you His Peace. AMEN. Numbers 6:24-26