DAILY-E-VOTIONAL BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART Pastor Cecil A. Thompson January 14, 2015 “PERFECT HEALING!” Acts 7:5-56 “But he, (Stephen) being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!’” The year was 1954 and I was stationed in the United States Air Force in Rapid City, South Dakota. While there we attended a small church along with just a handful of people. The pastor and his wife had three children, one of which was a developmentally disabled boy named Chucky. Chucky had all the features of Downs Syndrome. He spoke only with guttural tones and with great difficulty. Chucky was the happiest when he would slip past the one who was assigned to sit with him and go up on the platform and sit in a chair next to his dad. I can still picture scenes of him sitting or standing by his dad with his song book upside down, pretending that he knew what the words meant, and making his singing sounds. His dad would look down at him with a pleasant smile that seemed to say, I love you and I am here for you. At a family camp in the Black Hills of South Dakota there was a special healing service on the final day of the camp. Our pastor and his wife brought little Chucky forward for prayer. As the people prayed there was a feeling that healing had taken place, and everyone left certain that word would soon be received of a supernatural healing. But in just a few short days, Chucky died. The speaker at that camp sent a telegram to the grieving parents rejoicing that Chucky had been healed perfectly. This world is not our home. No matter how long we live, we are here to love Him and serve Him. AFTER I WROTE THIS, AT 8:45 THIS MORNING, OUR PRECIOUS JOYCE RECEIVED HER PERFECT HEALING! May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions! - - - Pastor Cecil click here: Daily-E-Votional You can also find previous Daily-E-Votionals to help you in your walk with the Lord. Please feel free to forward this E-Votional on to your family
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