Day 15: John 4:43-54
John 4:46-48: 46 He returned to Cana in Galilee where he had turned the water into wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick. 47 When he heard that Jesus was coming from Judea to Galilee, he went out to meet him and asked Jesus if he would come and heal his son, for his son was about to die. 48 Jesus said to him, “Unless you see miraculous signs and wonders, you won’t believe.”
This passage includes Jesus healing a royal official’s son who was close to death, telling the father he would not believe without seeing sights and wonders. Jesus healed the boy and his household began to believe.
When my son was born at 28 weeks gestation, we did not expect that he would live, or if he did he would be so severely damaged that he would have a difficult life. I was angry every time they had to do something to him and yelled at God a lot. My son was in a new study that was giving a surfactant to premature babies and he would either get the drug or get the placebo. I began to believe I had been foolish to have faith and that prayer would work, until one day when I went in and my son was off the ventilator and doing so well that they downgraded his acuity and sent him to a less acute nursery. I asked how intelligent he would be and the NICU MD said, “How smart are his parents?” He’s very smart and to this day I believe that God was being the benevolent father and showing me why I needed to believe. He knew that I doubted and gave me my miracle son.
Heavenly Father, Thank You for giving us miracles when we are at our most vulnerable points and understanding us when we, ourselves, do not. Thank You for Your love and healing. I pray for Your guidance and understanding throughout my trials, tribulations and joys. Amen.
Contributed by Sharon
