Praying for Rick’s Jawbone
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:00 PM
It’s funny how the Internet can sometimes make the world feel so very small. A few weeks ago, my good friend Deacon Tom Fox emailed me a prayer request inviting me to join him in intercessory prayer for the healing of a man named Rick, whose cancer has required the removal of a large portion of his jawbone. I will likely never meet Rick in person, but since that day he’s been on my prayer list - I hope to hear sometime soon that he has found recovery and relief.
Included in Deacon Tom’s email was a link to an article on the Mayo Clinic website featuring the story of Sharon Turner as told by her daughter Jodi Hume. It seems that after decades of suffering from an affliction that kept her from being able to do something as simple as eat a solid meal, Sharon Turner found healing through the intervention of physicians at the Mayo Clinic.
On the day of her final appointment, giddy from their happiness that her new prosthesis meant hope and healing for Sharon, Jodi and her mom wandered across an impromptu piano concert. Jodi asked the musicians, Fran and Marlow Cowan (married for over 62 years!) for permission to videotape their spirited performance. The result—the video you see above—has become a YouTube sensation, having been viewed over 2.5 million times. The Cowans appeared on Good Morning America today, sharing their hearts and talent with the whole country. Their story, told here, is inspiring in its own way. The joy the added to Sharon Turner’s “miracle day” has now been documented and shared around the globe, bringing a smile to everyone who sees this video.
In sharing this story with you and inviting you to join me in praying for Rick’s jawbone, I’m reminded to open my eyes and my heart to the countless, small miracles that happen around me every day - the joy of a prayer answered, the rising of the sun in my backyard, and even the tinkling of a piano tune that can reverberate around the world. I invite you today to pray for Rick and all those suffering with health afflictions, and to include your prayer requests in the comments below. When we join together to lift one another in prayer—whether we’ve met in person or not—our community feels even closer than ever before.
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