Psalm 139:15 “My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”
My wife and I went to see her neurologist to see how she was doing with the medicine regarding her aneurysm and consequent stroke but also because of the malseizure. I was somewhat disappointed to learn when the doctor said that the first six months of improvement would be as far as she would go in her development. I was disappointed because it did not seem to align with Scripture. For example, it says in Romans 12:2 that we are transformed by the renewing of our mind.
It would seem that our neurologist has the old thought that the brain is a ‘fixed hardwired machine.’ However, it now seems that scientists are catching up with the Bible and beginning to realize that ‘change’ can happen in the brain even in the most ‘challenging neurological situations.’
One of our prayer partners put us in contact with Dr. Caroline Leaf who wrote a book called: Switch on Your Brain. This has been very enlightening to both my wife and I as we begin to see that change can happen no matter what the neurological situation of the brain might be, or how old we are; that our brain can be transformed.
The important aspect of ‘change’ to take place is in the ability to ‘choose.’ This is one of the most precious things that God has given us: our free-will to choose. So what do my wife and I choose?
Deuteronomy 30:19 “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse: therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live.”
When Jesus started His ministry and spent 40 days in the desert fasting it says afterword’s that “he was hungry.” It was at that time, when Jesus was most vulnerable, that Satan came with his temptations.
This was also happening with my wife, because of the brain damage caused by the aneurysm and consequent stroke. She was vulnerable to Satan’s attack. It was very important for us to choose life according to God’s Word, and not simply accept what the doctor said.
Every morning when she woke up I would ask her: What day is it? I was not referring to the day of the week, but the Scripture: “This is the day that the Lord has made and we will be happy and rejoice in it.” We were choosing to believe God’s truth. God did not make bad days, but we can make them bad by what we choose. We were doing our best to keep out any negative thoughts and when they did arise we would rebuke them and command them in the Name of Jesus to depart. Like I said, we can choose and what we choose has tremendous consequences.
In the Indiana Jones movie: THE LAST CRUSADE – THE HUNT FOR THE HOLY GRAIL, Jones meets the knight guarding the Holy Grail who says: “You must choose, but choose wisely.” So, it is with us. We make choices every day, but we better choose wisely – choose life.