Well, last night he had his arm bent by his side and we found out that he sprained it in a bicycle crash. Nathan asked if we could pray for him before we took him to see the campus nurse. Daniel said yes. So I called Ben and Chris over and their mother stayed nearby. I had Ben put his hand on Daniel's upper arm and Chris on his elbow, and we prayed healing over him. I had my hand on his shoulder. We all prayed. As the younger boys prayed I could feel Dan's shoulder shake violently. When we were done praying Daniel told us: something happened, I feel better! "On a scale of 1 to 10, how does it feel?" I asked him. "It went from a 5 to an 8!" he said. So we prayed again until he said it was almost a 10. "9.5!" He said. He could now bend his arm out almost perfectly straight.
I was a little discouraged that it didn't end up a 10, but Nathan reassured me that it wasn't necessarily his arm that God wanted to heal. The Lord wants healing for everyone, but what matters more is spiritual healing in a person. God wants His children to trust that His love is sufficient. Good point, I thought. It is amazing that Jesus cares enough about this guy... that he would give him a bike accident only bad enough to have a slightly painful sprain... only to be healed of it later that day. He just wanted to show Daniel He cared about the small things in his life!
Ben and Chris played a huge role. With faith like a child, I thought. Glory to God!
Daniel hangs out with us the next day while we watch the FSU game.
(Fresno State University, not Florida State ;)
