Last week I heard a story that I really must share with you. If you have seen all my blogs, then you will also have seen my last entry, the death of a really dear friend, and fellow sister in Christ. She, I can say, is a truly special person who touched a lot of lives.

Let me start at the beginning. Joyce, that's her name, was a 25 year old who had been struggling with a very serious disease for more than two years now. Last year she was hospitalized for over 4 months, and almost died. But God gave her the strenght to heal, slow but steady. She was having a hard time with pains, medicines and the disease restraining her to live her life, but I never heard her complain at all. Instead, she was growing closer and closer to God. In church she gave us several testimonies and always asked questions that made us think deeper about God and His intentions.

But three weeks ago, the disease starting taking over again, and once again she was hospitalized. Only this time, she grew weak much faster. In spite of that, she managed to keep giving a testimony of God's love. A girl, whom she was in the same room with, was in search of God. And after hearing Joyce's testimony about the goodness and the unconditional love the Lord has to give, the girl decided to give her life to God. After a week she was struck by two hemorrhages in the brain, and went into a deep coma. The doctors told her husband it would be a matter of minutes before she died. But God proved them wrong and worked a miracle.....

The next day, He brought her out of the deep coma, and as she was gaining consciousness, she sang two songs praising the Lord. Even in her last minutes she was full of His love, and eager to express it. The doctors and other caretakers were all there in the room to witness it. They were stunned and had absolutely no explanation. One last time she was able to give a testimony, by showing a true miracle of God. For the last time she was able to tell her husband how much she loved him, and he was able to do the same. After that she slipped back into her coma, and three days later she gave her last breath...
 
Her family and friends read this psalm to her right before God performed His miracle: 

Psalm 121:

1 I look to the hills!
Where will I find help?
2 It will come from the Lord,
who created the heavens
and the earth.

3 The Lord is your protector,
and he won't go to sleep
or let you stumble.
4 The protector of Israel
doesn't doze
or ever get drowsy.

5 The Lord is your protector,
there at your right side
to shade you from the sun.
6 You won't be harmed
by the sun during the day
or by the moon at night