fear of a recurrence. The fear which I dared not even share with my wife! As the result of this fear, I could not bring myself to send him for any brain scan after that miracle. Outwardly trusting God but inwardly, fearful of what the scan would show.
Our good Lord would have none of this and had to deal with me. And this He did in May 2014.
On May 1, 2014, Marcus came down with a severe headache. There was no improvement even after a few days of rest. Instead the condition had deteriorated such that his vision became blurred and he could not even read the print in the newspapers. I had no choice but to send him for a brain scan, something I had dreaded. That was in May 7, 2014.
The scan showed that Marcus’ brain was perfectly healthy, only a severe migraine which was subsequently cleared with medication. The neurosurgeon we went to was the one who had operated on Marcus. He assured us that after some 20 years, there was no question of any recurrence.“ When God heals, He will heal completely”– those were the words, God had spoken audibly
to my wife in March 1994.
He would not allow me to be doubleminded but to trust Him completely. I thank God for dealing with my fear to trust Him fully.**
God’ s hand is still upon Marcus. Today, he is 34, has a good job, and got married on October 8, 2016.
We have gone through a long( and sometimes, very taxing) journey in life. We truly thank our Lord Jesus Christ for shepherding us all the way. He had promised He would be our Shepherd on the day of our water baptism in 1991.
Our water baptism was held in the afternoon. In the evening, while having our dinner with a business guest at a posh restaurant, a church member passed by our table and congratulated us on our baptism and then moved on.
Our guest, a Buddhist, not knowing about our water baptism then remarked that his favourite passage in the Bible during his student days in London was Psalm 23. We had not started reading the Bible then and we had no idea what Psalm 23 was.
On returning home after dinner and before we retired to bed, we took out the Bible to check for Psalm 23.
“ The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” jumped out. We then realized that our good Lord was saying to us on the day of our water baptism that He would be the Shepherd of our new life!
Indeed, He has been and we know that He will continue to be. He has led us thus far and we know He will continue to lead us.“ Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”
Boxson Low is now retired and is involved with the ministry of the Full Gospel Business Men’ s Fellowship( FGBMF) in Malaysia. He also serves in the Advisory Board of his local church Gateway Christian Fellowship Malacca.
* Full story published in Asian Beacon Nov / Dec 1996 issue,“ God has His Hand on Marcus”. ** Full story published in Asian Beacon Dec 2014 / Jan 2015 issue,“ God’ s Hand is Still on Marcus and Me”.
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