The Bare Bones; A Heart Condition Exposed
Broken bones have a way of separating the need for immediacy of relief
from the mundane life of the patterned norm.
Bu Ainung writhed in agony. Demonization had been a patterned norm for
this long time friend. Fully submitted to Allah, yet, whole-heartedly committed to invoke demonic spirits was the life of Ainung. A calculated, perceived need for power/peace had consumed her.
During one of these demonic attacks, several relatives of the village had attempted to restrain her thrashing body. She screamed, they pinned. A few
hours passed. Resultantly, this desire to keep the demonic spirits from
destroying her caused the loud snap.
I held the x-ray up to the light. Yes, the doctors, along with the nurses, could not quite comprehend the image.
A gap, 1 ½ inches in width, exposed the consequence of the event. Her
collarbone now endured separation from the clavicle.
The bone could not heal easily. The limitation of the medical help in
this region is exposed readily, in times like these.
This otherwise feisty Muslim woman, lie listlessly, dependently in a discouraged state.
Ibu Ainung had been the local Islamic teacher for the village children, for many years.
Now, with her bone in helpless state, her heart condition lay exposed
as well.
We took the steps to obtain medical help, as we coached the relatives
in the process therein.
Physical therapy helps were put in place for the healing of this
awkward injury.
During this process, the life of Isa Al Masih, in the healing of the
woman with the issue of blood, was one of the stories shared. I offered to pray for healing in His name, alone, while challenging her
to stop seeking help from the local witch doctor.
While explaining that Allah does not share His glory with another, I
also emphasized the part in their book
(Sura 3:42-56) where Isa is said to have all power to heal the sick and
raise the dead.
I prayed for healing in Jesus’ name, alone.
Yesterday I met with Ibu Ainung and offered to start the stories of God’s heart for mankind.
We start this week on the first of the prophet stories from the
Old
Testament and New Testament in a Discovery Bible Study.
Full range motion in her shoulder, is the mercy of God for her. An
intense, hopeless future for life apart from a debilitating handicap was what
she had faced. A life lived apart from the love and hope of Christ is the eternal
perspective reality of her broken state before a holy God.
A bone easily broken, a life shaken to hunger.