-keri,S Miracle Little Macie-
KERI'S MIRACLE LITTLE MACIE
KERI, THE MOTHER OF MACIE, THE MIRACLE LITTLE GIRL
HAS ASKED TO SHARE AND TELL THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
A STORY TO REND AND PLUCK AT THE HEART STRINGS
TO REACH EVERY COMPASSIONATE PERSON, AND THE LOVE IT BRINGS
ABOUT A MIRACLE WITH GOD AT WORK WITHOUT A DOUBT
WITH THE SKILL OF THE MEDICAL STAFF AT A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
IN TEXAS,
AMERICA, THE LAND WHERE THE PEOPLES, CARE AND ARE STILL DEVOUT
IS PROVEN BY THIS STORY, OF HOW A LITTLE CHILDS LIFE IS SO PRECIOUS
THIS STORY OF KERI'S, MACIE, ARRIVED HERE AT THE FOOT OF AFRICA
HERE IN A PLACE CALLED BREDASDORP, NEAR CAPE AGULHAS
ALL THE WAY FROM HOUSTON IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AMERICA
WHEN A SISTER, HER OLD BROTHER VISITED AND RELATED THIS TALE
SO WONDROUS
THAT INSPIRED HIM TO PEN THESE WORDS AND SAY THANK YOU LORD JESUS
FOR THE MIRACLE'S PERFORMED, STILL TODAY TO ASTOUND
WHEN AN ENORMOUS TUMOUR WAS REVEALED AT A ROUTINE ULTRASOUND
AND MACIE WAS THRICE BLEST TO HAVE SURGEONS WITH SUCH SKILL AROUND
NOW KERI WAS TWENTY-THREE WEEKS PREGNANT WHEN THE TUMOUR WAS
EXPOSED
GROWING AT THE BASE OF THE BABY'S SPINE, THEN GENTLY TAKEN FROM
THE WOMB
THE BABY, MACIE WAS OPERATED UPON, THE MAGLIGNANCY WAS THEN
DISPOSED
THE DELECATE SURGERY COMPLETED AND WITH ADEPT PRECISION DID RESUME
TO RETURN BABY MACIE TO THE POSITION IN THE WOMB AS SHE WAS BEFORE
FOR TEN MORE WEEKS OF PREGNANCY DID KERI, MACIE BORE
NOW TODAY MACIE IS A HEALTHY LIVING DOLL OF A GIRL A MIRACLE TRUE
ADDENDUM: HOW I WISH THIS STORY OF A MIRACLE, TO BE AFRICA'S TOO.
Copyright © Christopher Stopford | Year Posted 2012
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