A Miracle

Thank you to all of you who prayed for my friend Khrista Collins, whom I wrote about last week. Thousands of people all over the world were praying for her, and the Lord sure does answer prayer! She is making an amazing recovery...I copied and pasted her words below from a Facebook update she sent out:

Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow

Dear family, friends, and prayer warriors,
I come before all of you with such joy, gratitude, humbleness, and overwhelming appreciation for everything that the Lord has done in my life. Jeff has done an incredible job of keeping everyone updated, but i wanted to kind of summarize everything from my perspective. 1 week ago today, we had the best day and the worst day of our life. First off, praise the Lord that our beautiful little Sophie Marie arrived without any complication to her. She is healthy and such a wonderful baby. On Monday morning, my OB doctor told me that with what happened....and how my uterus inverted...i should never have been able to get pregnant in the first place. So, Sophie is our first miracle! Then, as you all know, a few minutes after her birth, things took a turn for the worse. The doctor's have told us that i had a less than 5% chance of survival with everything that was going on. I was in multiple system failure, but by the Grace of GOD...who is the most incredible Physician...i have absolutely no residual from anything. I was sent home on nothing but pain pills. which means i can breast feed my baby when my milk comes in (which will be a while). To tell you how amazing the Lord is, i was in the hospital only 1 more day than the average C-Section...and i coded twice (my heart stopped & i needed to be shocked and have CPR), had 3 emergent surgeries, 28 units of blood products, was on a ventilator, and gained about 50 pounds of just fluid. now that i'm home, i still have a bunch of fluid on my body, but it continues to be reduced daily (i still weigh 20 pounds more than when i went into the hospital)...am able to walk on my own, get out of chairs and bed by myself, am getting my staples out tomorrow, can eat normal food (my appetite's slowly coming back), and am able to enjoy the company of my family and friends. i just want to express my gratitude to the thousands and thousands of people who have prayed literally all around the world...we are blown away of God's glory that continues to be revealed through this. For an example...we know of at least 1 person coming to the Lord through this, and countless others went to church the first time and were on their knees this past sunday. awesome! i never dreamed that i would be a vessel to be used like this, but praise God that He has been shown glory through all of this. Never take life for granted...life is so precious...i plead with all of you to seek the Lord and know how incradibly gracious, loving, and faithful He is to you if you just surrender your life to Him. If you ever want to chat about all that happened and want someone to pray for you...i am more than thrilled to do that...i love you all and am so gateful for you. Praise God...Praise God :)

with an overflowing heart,
Khrista :)

p.s.
thank you to all who came by and visited and supported my family through out all of this. i'm sorry for those i don't remember, or for the ones who came and i was too tired to see. i want you to know that i am eternally grateful for everyone.

Wow, what a testimony!! I have seen God answer so many prayers and do amazing things over the years, but this recent one just makes me stand in wonder of our Creator. Nothing is impossible for Him! It is humbling to think of the times when I have been drowned in worry, fear, or anxiety when I have a Heavenly Father who is more than willing and oh so CAPABLE of taking care of every single detail of my life. What a blessing, comfort, and relief. I had to ask for forgiveness for my lack of faith in some areas of my life lately.

We all deal with issues in our life...financial struggle, problems in relationships, children, marriage, work, health concerns. Do you know that God cares about each and every one of those things, no matter how small? What is weighing heavy on your heart today? What obstacle in your life seems completely impossible to overcome? Have hope...there is Someone who can call things into existance that don't even exist, can move mountains, heal the sick, set the captive free, and make things which are impossible turn out to be a piece of cake!

I am challenging myself and therefore challenge you...whatever is heavy on your heart, pray! As difficult as it might be, step out in faith and tell God exactly what it is! We read in Hebrews 11 that without faith, it is impossible to please God...we must believe in Him, and believe that he does reward those who diligently seek Him! I want to be a diligent seeker who has the faith that God can do what He says He can do. Ask Him for strength, direction, healing, an open door, a reconciled relationship, whatever...He cares! Even when there is no light at the end of the tunnel....our God is one who can do MIRACLES! :)