Hannah’s Hope

Last year our daughter, Hannah, suffered from chronic sore throats and tonsillitis. The doctor refused to take her tonsils out. He said that the risks from complications made surgery not a good option. After dealing with months of chronic infection she developed a mass on the side of her neck. Frustrated we demanded an Ear Nose Throat specialist consult and reluctantly our doctor agreed. The ENT said Hannah had kissing tonsils and needed them to come out. He believed as soon as the tonsils were out the inflammation in her lymph nodes would resolve on its own.

Three months after her tonsils were removed and several rounds of antibiotics, the mass was still there, growing, and quite painful. We had a follow up appointment scheduled to have the mass and the lymph node surgically removed.

A week before the surgical consult we went to family camp. The preacher, Jonathon Suber, told anyone who needed a healing to step forward. We immediately took Hannah forward. The minister touched Hannah’s neck and Hannah flinched and began to cry because it hurt so bad. He prayed, we all prayed, and before our eyes the mass and the pain disappeared! God met Hannah that night in a camp meeting.

About two months ago, Hannah noticed the mass was back on her neck. She went upstairs to her bedroom and prayed. She said the Lord told her He would do it again for her. So we called on a few prayer warriors and put our trust in God.

About a week ago Hannah came into our room in the middle of the night crying. She was holding her neck. Her dad asked her what was wrong. Hannah said she had a dream that she was sitting on God’s lap and He reached down and touched her neck immediately healing her. She woke up and the mass was gone!

It doesn’t matter what we face, what is wrong… our God is bigger and able to handle any situation, any disease! Hannah had hope in what seemed a hopeless situation. Whatever you face remember who to place your hope in.  

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” ~ Romans 15:13