"I just heard this from my mother. It`s one of those things that
you hear about and read about. You believe that they really
happen.
You are encouraged by hearing or reading it. But when it happens
close to you, it will bring you to your knees praising Him.
There is a family that lives near me in Fort Payne. Their
little boy, 6, has a tumor in his brain that is very rare and without
treatment will kill him. But the only doctor in the world that has
experience in treating it lives in Asia. The family, their friends, their church
all prayed for God`s compassion as this little boy grew sicker and sicker.
The family cannot afford to take the boy to Asia for the surgery.
As a matter of fact, they couldn`t afford the surgery if the doctor were
in the US. The prayers asked God to prevent him from suffering as he
died from this tumor.
Well, the dad works at a local Ford dealership, selling cars
and trucks. A very nicely dressed man stopped at the car lot last
week. The dad talked to him. The customer said that he didn`t need a
car. He certainly could afford as many cars as he wanted, but he didn`t
need one. Actually, he wasn`t real sure why he had even stopped. The
dad suggested they go into his office and talk while they looked over
brochures. As they sat down, the dad introduced himself to the
customer. The customer`s last name was the very same last name of
the doctor in Asia that could operate on the little boy. The dad fell
to his knees, praying and weeping. He couldn`t believe that there in
his office was someone with the very same name as the doctor. Maybe it
was a family member, the doctor`s brother. Maybe he could arrange for
the doctor to help his son.
The rest of the staff of the Ford dealership began gathering
around to see what was happening. The customer was more than a little
surprised by the reaction he had gotten to his name. As the story
was told about the little boy, the customer began to understand much
more.
You see... The customer was not a family member of the doctor.
He was the doctor. He was moving from Asia to practice medicine in
the US. Actually at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, which is
only 2 hours from our little town. He promised that as soon as he
completes his move from Asia to the US, that he would perform the surgery on
the little boy, free of charge.
Now. Why would a man from Asia, that is a very successful, wealthy
doctor moving to Birmingham, Al, stop at a Ford dealership in Fort
Payne, Alabama? There is only one reason. The only reason for
anything at all.