Psalm 92:1-2: "It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning..."
Waking up this morning, I saw my wife laying beside me and I'm reminded of how gracious the Lord has been to me; an undeserving sinner. Second to my salvation in Jesus Christ, she is one of the most precious gifts God has given me. I also remembered what happen 17 years ago today.
As I was curled up like a football on the examination table, I received my last spinal tap or lumbar puncture; which is a 22 1/2 inch needle that penetrates into the spine to extract spinal fluid. The purpose of these lumbar punctures were to examine whether there were cancerous cells in the spinal fluid. On February 11th, 1992, Dr. Peter Steinherz told my mom, "Mrs. Soria, Kevin does not need anymore treatment. He's finished." At first, I didn't understand why my mom was crying. I thought this was the last time I would receive treatment for leukemia she would be happy, but she cried...a lot. Then I remembered: it was my mother's birthday. Looking up I thought, "man, somebody must love us up there."
Some of you reading this probably knew this about me already but for those who do not, I'm still in awe of what the Lord did for me 17 years ago. Even now I think that I was not worthy to be saved. Saved from leukemia or my sins. Boy, do I love those verses that start with the word "But God..." =D
"But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." Ephesians 2:4-10
His mercy healed me, His blood saved me, His grace is with me, His Holy Spirit lives in me, and one day I will stand before Him.
"Thank you Jesus, I don't know how else I can express my utter gratitude in words but Lord, I will love and serve You til my last breath. Jesus, empower me, anoint me, and use me to declare to the whole world that You love them, died for them, and want to save them from their sins, and that You want to spend eternity with them. Thank You (x eternity) my God and Savior.
I love You always,
Kevin L. Soria
