Several years ago when Rob Yeske was about 18
years old, he was diagnosed with a case of mononucleosis and told to
rest and stay home from school for at least a week. Rob was very ill, as
it turned out: "A couple of days after being diagnosed, I was waking in a
pool of my own perspiration each morning and having to change the
sheets," he says.
"Some days I was so weak that I couldn't do
it."
Finally, after several days, Rob specifically
asked for a healing. "I prayed in Jesus' name that I would be able to
have a 'normal' morning the next day," he says. The following morning he
awakened feeling almost completely healthy. A few days later, he was
back in class.
But the story does not end here: About three
years later Rob went to the doctor for a stomach ailment. For some
reason, the physician seemed to think Rob was exaggerating his symptoms,
but finally decided to take some tests. Soon he returned with a puzzled
and apologetic look on his face. He pointed to a chair. "Rob, please sit
down."
Rob did, a bit perplexed. All of a sudden, the
doctor was looking concerned.
"Rob," the doctor
asked, "have you ever been in a coma or had a near-death experience?"
"What?" Rob was
startled. "Never. At least...not that I can remember." The doctor
explained that Rob had a urinary tract infection, which could be
treated. But the x-rays had shown something else too...Rob"s spleen was
three-quarters scar-tissue from a previous undiagnosed infection. "The
infection obviously healed," the doctor explained, "but that would have
been impossible because of the extent of the damage."
Rob was thinking hard.
"What about mono?" he asked. "I had a bad bout with it about three years
ago."
The doctor looked at the x-rays again. The
answer was clear. The mono had penetrated Rob"s spleen. "You shouldn't
be sitting in my office right now," the doctor said. "You should be
dead."
Through the following years, Rob had a number
of such experiences, gifts from God which many of his friends considered
"intuition" or "good luck." But Rob knows better. "I have the Lord and
His angels watching over me," he says, "and am very appreciative of His
love and grace, and I serve Him and others each day to the best of my
ability. And remember that the Archangel Raphael is known as a "healer
angel".
So during this time of year, hold tightly to
his hand and ask him to heal us in all the ways we need.
Joan Anderson Copyrighted by Joan Wester Anderson, used with permission. Originally appeared on the Where Angels Walk website.
