The amazing thing about this song is that it was written by a man who claimed to have cancer yet did not. He faked his illness for 2 straight years, deceiving not only his parents congregation, but his wife and parents, yet the Lord turned it around for good. I first heard about this back when I was on chemo and it was honestly to close to home for me at the time. I wondered how in the world someone could take something so vile such as cancer and use it for monetary gain.. and sympathy. He even went so far as to dawn oxygen and walk with a cane to elude his symptoms were real. So I chose not to write about it because of the state of mind I was in at that time.
It was too close to home for me at that time.
Then I heard about this 10 year girl who sang it after receiving her heart transplant. I read about the countless people who sang it from their hospital beds, from their couches, from their hearts. I realized what a mighty and all encompassing God I served, that he could turn something so hurtful and so deceptive and use it for HIS glory. I realized that even though Mike had deceived hundreds of thousands- He was still human. He had apologized. He needed forgiveness.
And even though I have never met him… I freely give it to him. Even though I was in the depths of treatment for my very real cancer when he was faking his cancer- I forgive him.
And I praise my God, because he is able to turn the most ugly of situations around for His glory…
I praise him because through him… Nothing is impossible.
Gracyn (10) received a heart transplant on April 15, 2009 and joined Kari in singing Healer which was a life-changing song during Gracyn’s waiting period for a heart. Read more of Gracyn’s story here.
You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal all my disease
I trust in You
I trust in You
I believe You’re my Healer
I believe You are all I need
I believe You’re my Portion
I believe You’re more than enough for me
Jesus You’re all I need
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
Nothing is impossible for You
You hold my world in Your hands
Amazing and Beautiful when we can see what God has healed. Easy to forgive when we see what wrong God has used for his good. When we are in the midst of the battle and God hasn’t shown His healing and we can only see the ugliness of sin, can one forgive even then and come to the aid and help the healing and forgiveness come to pass? Do we understand when someone stands in battle and doesn’t walk away and judge the sinner? Or do we judge and walk away from the sinner and the stander? All sin and all are offered forgiveness. I thank God that He uses evil for good. Thank you Jesus. Love the song and the story behind it.
Wow. Maybe I can listen to that song now without getting mad. Thank you!
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