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MONDAY THOUGHT 1/21/08

January 21, 2008 on 3:01 pm | By John Ingrisano | In Faith & Forgiveness | No Comments

God works in mysterious ways.  Now, there’s a trite comment.  (Yawn.) A friend helped put it into perspective.

As I mentioned, last week my friend Steve was scheduled for open heart surgery, and his brother Mike asked for prayers.  Well, as it turned out, they found out just before the surgery that Steve had pneumonia. The docs were clued in when he threw up as they attempted to stuff some tube down his throat.  If he hadn’t vomited, the surgery probably would have killed Steve, Mike told me, since pneumonia is the number one killer of post-op heart surgery patients (something I never knew).

A nice little miracle. But it took another friend to put it all into perspective, helping me realize that, yes, God answers all our prayers, but not always as we imagine.  Enjoy your day.  Enjoy the many mini-miracles that you encounter.  Enjoy God’s wonderful sense of humor. — jri

“You mean I was praying for
puke?”
–    JG (a dear friend)