Life story 8 + followed-up testimony

Life story 8
‘My plans for you, says the Lord, are to prosper you and give you hope and a future’

I believe God had put His loving hand of healing upon my life long before I became a Christian.

I was a young lad of seven, in Primary One, when one day I suddenly felt severe abdominal pains. At the Mount Alvernia Hospital, I was operated upon immediately for acute abdomen due to Burkitt’s lymphoma. I remained in hospital for about a month and underwent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy. At one stage my condition was critical, and none of my doctors expected me to make it. But I did, by the grace of God.

When I became a Christian I came across these words in my reading of Psalm 138:
‘Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; The LORD will fulfil his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever’ Psalm 138:7-8

I then realized afresh how God had preserved me through all these years for His good purpose. Even when I was a youngster and did not know Him, He still loved me and cared for me. Now that I know Jesus as my Saviour and Lord, I have witnessed again and again, in my own life and professional practice, the Lord moving in miraculous and wonderful ways. Praise be His Name!

God has a purpose for each one of us and will not allow anything to thwart his good plans for our lives—‘For I know the plans I have for you.’ Declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’ Jeremiah 29.11

Dr Francis Seow-Choen, 47, is a colorectal surgeon in private practice in Singapore.

Followed up testimony
‘In 1977 my grandma became a Christian. She was 86 years old.’

Because of spine tuberculosis, my grandma Ang Chang had developed paralysis of both legs and became severely ill and depressed. However when family members shared about their faith in Jesus Christ and what He could do for her, her spirit was lifted up. She was eager to become a Christian and upon receiving Christ she asked to be baptized immediately. In the hospital bed, the pastor baptized her with sprinkling. Although her health did not improve immediately, nonetheless her faith grew stronger.

When she returned home, straightaway she asked for all her ancestral idols and gods to be thrown away. She continued praying to Jesus and believing that strength would return to her legs.

One night the Lord Jesus appeared to her in a vision and told her to stand up. At once she knew that Jesus had healed her. The next morning she found that she could stand up and walk. It was truly a miracle! Sometime later, she fell and fractured her hip. But her earlier experience of the power of God had strengthed her faith in Jesus Christ and made her even more fervent in her prayers.

Ang Chang is now with the Lord.
Testimony by Dr Francis Seow.