Because He Lives*

Sunday, October 01, 2006
7:00 PM

Another reason why this blog was created is to witness that He is truly the one and only living God. God works through his miracles!

I had missed cell group for 4-5 weeks in a row, and it is due to my busy schedule. 21st birthdays, family commitments, school workload...... It had been a rather hectic year I must say.

It was only yesterday that I was able to attend cell group. Hurray!

But the Devil

tried to stop me by injecting some unknown (only known by Doctors) viruses into my body, soaring my temperature from normal human temperature to 38.5!

38.5

Yes, Macdonald's coupon in the backdrop isn't exactly what I would call a creative background too. Actually, I've collected all their coupons to act as my makeshift tablecloth.

Back to the miracle.

My sister commented that my brain had been fried into crisps with that temperature! At that point, I felt a little dizzy, weak and sore all over. But due to my determination to follow my heart and my calling*, I went for cell group nonetheless. The bus ride was horrendous! Plus, the old man sitting directly in front of me stinked so much that I practically swallowed my vomit twice. I bet I went green in the face too because passengers never failed to stop and stare at me for a brief moment before carrying on their walk down the bus aisle.

Luckily for me, dear waited for me at the bus stop to carry my bags. He didn't know I was sick. Until I showed him the pic with the ugly tablecloth. He wouldn't allow me to attend cell otherwise! I made a smart move.. Muahahahahahahaha~

When I reached the cell room, I was feeling worser and worser, the migraine hit me as frequently as a sewing machine's needle on a piece of fabric. It felt as though I was being perforated and that anytime, someone will come and tear a piece of me apart to exchange for some Extra Value Meal.

During cell, we had ice-breaker and we had watched a movie about this Malaysian lady who used to be a church-goer but backslided because of family problems. And when I say problems, I really do mean problems. Serious ones. This will be further elaborated in the next entry.

By then, my head is spinning and I had a stronger urge to vomit. But I held it all in. Aaron, our cell leader prayed for me, but strangly, the pain did not subside, but, it grew stronger. To me, I was thinking (if such an act is still possible), "I am supposed to get better! Not worse!" I cried when they prayed for me because it touched my heart, and it calmed me down despite the migraines.

Soon after, Paul and I left. At the lift lobby, I told him

"Dear, I cannot already. I need to vomit. I dun wanna go toilet cuz very
errie. Bring me to grass. Grass patch. Or drain. Now."
"Huh? Ok ok... You tahan (tolerate) a bit first."

When we reached the grass patch, the nauseating feeling overwhelmed me. But, no vomit leh. But I felt much better after that. Weird huh. I was supposed to feel better after puking, but no.

We went to Silver Cross at Bukit Timah and while he registered me as a new patient, I collasped on their sofa. At that time, my head is not functioning at all. When the nurse called my name, I couldn't respond. It took me a while to relate that "Tiffany Teo" means "Me can go in".

I dragged my feet into the doctor's office and plopped myself down on his chair. Luckily, I still know what a chair is. The bothersome pain in my head is still there!

He asked me "What's wrong with you?" and I said "I'm paying you to tell me that, not ask me!"
Well, no. I didn't exactly say that, but I decided to co-operate by tell him all my symptoms such as nausea, fever, sore throat, aches everywhere.

He took my temperature: It measured 37.5 degrees celcius. Normal.
He looked into my mouth: A bit red, but not sore enough to be considered as sore throat.
He listened to my heartbeat: Very normal, nothing is congested in there.
He took my blood pressure: Average, nothing abnormal
His verdict for me: You recovered from 38.5 to 37.5 too quickly, your body is not able to respond that fast. Thus, the headaches.
His charges: $40.

Read his verdict again! My temperature dropped drastically!! When Tiffy is down with an illness, she will be down for at least a week. This is by far the fastest rate I had ever recovered!!
Is this a miracle or what? The throbbing headache is actually a blessing in disguise! All thanks to the prayers of my friends... I feel like screaming: "OH YEAH! HE'S THE ONE! THE MASTER OF MIRACLES"
Until today, I am feeling so well, well enough to create this blog and writing this entry to glorify His name.

The power of miracles live in this world. Hosanna!

*my calling: A strong urge, usually God's work / what God wants me to do.

To all my friends out there who are worried, I am fine now. :) Thanks for your prayers!

*He guides me in paths of righteousness