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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