BEACON STORY
W ednesday 9th March 1994 was a day of darkness for my wife, Kristin, and me. The CAT scan at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur showed that there was a sizeable tumour in the brain of our only boy, Marcus. The suspicion of our Malacca doctor was confirmed.
OUR WORLD WAS SUDDENLY SHATTERED TO PIECES We were very confident that morning, when I was driving to Subang Jaya from our hometown Malacca, with my wife and Marcus. We had been enjoying God’ s blessings since our whole family accepted Jesus as our Lord and Saviour in 1990. Marcus was 12 years old, a top student in his school, excelling in both studies and extramural activities. Our other children, a pair of 10-yearold twin girls, were also doing well in school. Surely everything was going to be all right.
But God had other plans for us which we did not realize at that time. When we were told of the diagnosis that late afternoon, we were completely shattered.
“ How could this be? Our son, Marcus, is down with brain tumour? Lord, what is happening?” we cried. Suddenly my wife ran out of the neurologist’ s clinic to the hospital reception downstairs, crying all the way. I appeared strong on the outside but inside, I was no different from her. The more she was consoled, the louder she cried. The hospital staff must have witnessed similar scenes many times before, yet when they saw her sobbing uncontrollably, they cried with her.
“ GOD, WHERE ARE YOU WHEN WE NEED YOU MOST?” We simply could not take the bad news. Not only was there a sizeable tumour but it was likely to be malignant( as
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BY BOXSON LOW HENG ONG( This article appeared in Asian Beacon in November / December 1996 Vol. 26 No. 6 & 7)
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