Lessons from the Valley - The Doctor

Another blogger friend has written about 'falling down the rabbit hole' and his struggle to just live, to process the reality or unreality of what life had become for him. I'm trying to do the same after feeling as if I've been tossed and tumbled in a huge tornado. Parts One and Two of my ponderings are here if you haven't read them before. Today I'm going to talk about how God proves His love and faithfulness through the doctor.

I had never met Dr Gordon before…by some strange coincidence it turns out that our daughters were in school together. I don’t think that this had any bearing on his treatment of me…I think that God was at work here too.

As I mentioned in a previous post…my husband and I had been praying for a good ob/gyn since my previous doctor had migrated. I was seeing my GP for a short while and he was going to help us to decide which doctor to see.  Ultimately though, we were trusting that God would lead us to the doctor He had chosen for us.

We ended up seeing Dr Gordon as an emergency.  I do wonder if it hadn’t been under those extreme circumstances, whether he would have seen me. He is one of the more prominent doctors in my country.  I worried about how much it would cost to see him.

My loving Father...always my provider  had that covered too. 

Let me stress here that I am not sure what faith this man possesses. Without prejudice (and I hope I don’t sound biased) I know that he divorced his wife after he met someone else years ago. I saw no signs of religious affiliation in his office. My first inclination would be to think that he is not a man of faith…especially since he asked about testing the fetus for genetic problems.  (He also asked me what I thought about being pregnant at my age and I responded that when asked that question I refer the person to the One above.) As I lay on that table in his office…I wondered how many women may have gone there and made the decision to end the lives of their babies.

Yet, our all-powerful God is in every place, every situation.
He was there with me and I do believe He touched the heart of this doctor. This man saw me no less than five times between Monday and Saturday last week...twice in one day and even coming into his office just to check me before he went to his hospital appointments. He used his equipment on me and did several internal examinations…all with the purpose of avoiding the expensive D&C procedure and to ensure that I was okay.

He only charged me for two of those visits, which included ultrasounds, internal examinations, and internal scans. The total cost of my experience…less than US$200!

He could have charged me for each visit….he could have sent me to the hospital in which he works right away to do the D&C… he would have earned more money that way.

I can only see the hand of my loving and almighty God in this! Was  His purpose that this doctor should be touched by our faith in Him? Would he experience God’s love through us? 

Well, my friends, I will never know the answers to these questions, but I will be praying for Dr Gordon. I do believe that He was hand-picked by God, who orchestrated all the events that happened according to His Divine Plan…whatever that Plan may be…

should I question it?

In the midst of this it was abundantly clear that our finances would not accommodate a heavy hit at this time. We had just scrimped all we could to provide our daughter with money to go back to school. It was a pretty anxious time, since after two days of waiting, my womb was still not clear enough and the doctor said he would have to perform the D&C if things did not improve by the third. 

It was at this point that I sent out a prayer SOS to my Good Morning Girls family and to precious friends who all lifted their hearts with mine in prayer and God leaned down and breathed His healing upon me. My womb was clear enough to satisfy the doctor and once again the Lord proved His faithfulness in providing  for us.

"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19

He supplied the doctor, he placed compassion upon that doctor's heart and He also worked a miracle of healing in my body so that we would be spared an expense we could ill afford.

PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR ALL HIS GLORIOUS WORKS! I WANT TO THANK HIM AND PRAISE HIM, NOT JUST FOR THE DOCTOR AND THE MIRACLE, BUT ALSO FOR THE BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS WHO PRAYED AND STILL PRAY FOR ME AND FOR MY FAMILY. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL ABUNDANTLY!!