HEALING KISSES FROM GOD

God uses a variety of distributors to deliver His blessings. When our grandson Stephen was born, we were amazed at His choice of distributors.
Stephen was born six to eight weeks prematurely. Soon after the delivery it was discovered that he had had a stroke and there was a pool of blood in his brain. The prognosis of the doctors was that he might be palsied and that his motor skills would be grossly affected. Their comment was that the effects might not be evident until he began to walk. All of the family was distressed at the sad news, of course.
At this time my husband and I had seen many miracles in our lives in the prior twenty years. We knew that prayer changes things, so we began intercessory prayer for this tiny baby who didn't deserve what had happened to him, just as no baby deserves defects caused by birth.
We were confident in God's healing ability and were eagerly anticipating how He would choose to heal in this instance.
When we arrived at the Catholic church for his infant baptism ceremony we noticed that this was not a traditional church, but one with contemporary music and lots of rejoicing in praise and thanksgiving to God. This was just the kind of church my husband and I liked to attend, one based on love and joy.
There were about fifteen small children waiting to be baptized. When time for the multiple baptisms came, the priest made a starting statement, one that is rarely heard in a traditional church. He said, "We believe in this church that when we baptize a child that there is healing available for that child if the child is in need of it. "
Our ears perked up! We were elated because Stephen was certainly in need of a healing from the effects of the stroke and the premature birth. We quietly rejoiced throughout the entire baptism ceremony that God had provided just the right church and just the right priest to provide healing for Stephen.
Stephen is now 14 years old, a wonderful athlete with sharp mental acuity. He plays soccer and baseball and has no signs of ever having had a stroke as an infant.
We live our lives in awe of God and his orchestration of events which enable His servants to perform His miracles for people who are in need of them. It's a wonderful adventurous life when you know that God wants to meet every need that we have.
Stephen always has a smile on his face, even as a teenager. I think it's because of the God kisses he received at baptism.