if God lovingly and willingly gave His only begotten Son as payment for sins that He has nothing to do with, how do you think He'll handle two sick sisters and an escalating hospital bill?
Yesterday morning, one of my sister (Eunice) was rushed to the hospital because of a very high fever. Now, when my sisters ask you to bring them to the hospital, it's most probably serious. The doctor diagnosed her with UTI (urinary track infection) I don't know how she got it, and I'm not interested to know...at least they know what it is and they can treat it. So my other sister (Stephanie) text messaged me and told me what the deal was with my sister and that everything's fine.
yeah right!
After five minutes, my mom was calling me...as soon as I answered the phone, my mom said "UMUWI KA NA! DALAWA NA SILA!" (you have to get here, your other sister's sick) I thought it was a sick joke, but when I heard grunting sounds in the background, I immediately sad "OK". As I was preparing home, I was thinking to myself how in the world can two of my sisters get seriously ill?
On my way there, someone sent me a message that my youngest sister is already in the emergency room of a certain hospital. I was thinking...great...one at home and the other at the hospital...Merry Christmas to us! I wanted to see both of them together but then, it was geographically impossible.
As I walked in the hospital, I saw my mom and uncle at the triage area. As soon as my mom saw me, she briefed me with what was happening and told me that she had to go back to check on my other sister, my uncle also needed to go. So...there I was, phone on one hand, pieces of paper on the other. Slowly I graced the ER and peeked through the curtains till I found my pale looking sister lying there with one hand pressed on her side. I cracked a joke to let her know that his "kuya" has arrived. Seconds after, the nurse gave me another piece of paper and told me to pay for my sisters blood test to find out what's wrong with her. I obeyed and paid them at the cashier, then I gave back the receipt to this petite nurse.
At that point I started calling people up, letting them know that my sister's at the hospital. While on the phone, a guy in scrubs walked in and without choosing his words, blurted out "it's appendicitis...we have to operate tonight." Then my phlegmatic self just answered..."uhm...hold on..." As I tried to find a spot to sit down, nurses rushed towards me with papers for signing. I've never signed so much papers since my company decided to regularized my status. So I signed, and signed and signed till I read the phrase "Expected Hospitalization amount: Php 40,000.00 - Php 60,000.00" I looked at my sister...and prayed...then I signed.
To make the long story short, Stephanie's fine, she's slowly recovering, My other sister on the other hand still has the fever and needs to force herself to take in lots and lots of fluids till they come out here EARS! God has been good to me and my sisters from the moment we surrendered our lives to Him. He's been with us through the good times and especially the bad times. Yes, there were hardships and painful experiences, but God turned most of them around for our benefit. Now if God has done the impossible for a world full of sinners who detest Him, do you think He would fail His children with the possible?
God is the only sovereign being who can orchestrate what happened to me and my family these past 2 days. I believe that there's a good purpose for it...and I'm excited to witness God's awesomeness!
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