Working with little miracles... Faith like a child

Matt 18:4 ' Whoever will humble himself therefore and become like this little child (trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving) is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.'

Well you may have noticed in the 'about me' section that i'm a paeds (childrens)nurse. I work at The Royal Childrens Hospital, Brisbane. Most of the time im a stay at home mummy with my two little girls. But just to keep uptodate, and because i actually love it, i do a shift once or twice a month.
Im casual so i get to go to any ward that needs extra staff that day. I did a 12 hour shift last thursday in the oncology (cancer) outpatients department. This is where all the kids with cancer, who are not quite sick enough to live in hospital, come for their chemo, day surgery etc. I worked in the recovery section, where the children who have day procedures come to wake up from thier anaesthetic.

It is here that i saw the perfect example of childlike faith....

A little boy came out of day theatre, after having a thick needle put into his spine to infuse powerful chemo drugs to fight the tumours in his body, and he was my patient, to maintain his airway, oxygen levels etc and help him to wake up. He was a gorgeous little fella, totally bald from the chemo but still gorgeous. As i lifted up his shirt to see the rise and fall of his chest i noticed a piece of felt tied hanging around his neck with a picture of Jesus and a short prayer for healing on it.

Moments later his eyes slowly opened and i started chatting to him about normal 5 year old stuff, ben 10, his nintendo ds etc etc. Then i checked his chest again and I came across the Jesus picture. I asked him what it was and he just looked at me, very matter of fact, almost as if i was silly for not knowing! and said ' thats God, He is making me better'. Tears welled up in my eyes, a perfect example of faith. There was not a doubt in his mind, despite all he had been through, he had the peace and confidence that 'God was making him better'.


So today as you do what you do...
1. Please for for healing for this little boy and peace for his family.
2. Have faith that God has your future under control, no matter what circumstances you find yourself in.

Smile :)