Our family desperately needs divine restoration from a severe attack by the enemy. I believe the sovereign God can do ANYTHING. We are believers, founded in a Christ-centered marriage. I was diagnosed in 12/24 with stage 4 melanoma, then got treatment reactions that ruined my pancreas. I was then attacked in my non-physical being with something from which God had delivered me that originated in January 2010. That took close to 10 years to be delivered from, and by 2024 it was GONE. I can't go through that again; the pain and suffering were nearly unbearable. God's deliverance was borderline miraculous. It's even worse now. Why would God allow this now, right after all of that misery from which He already delivered me? There's nothing good here; it's pure evil. My precious son went from a bright, successful college student to calling school prison. He and I played on Worship Teams for years and now haven't played anywhere since. He misses it every day and just wants to be back playing again normally. I feel the same. God gifted us musically and in many other things. He's in college studying EE (like his dad) and is now having a terrible time focusing. 2024, up to Dec, was the best year of my career. I got my best performance review ever right before this. Now I'm a mess and can barely function in my job, which is a very high-level engineering position. I can't stand seeing our family -- particularly our son -- in this condition. The non-physical part of this is the worst. Saddest of all is that my son had been praying for me for 1 1/2 to 2 years for good health, a long life, and that my relationship with God be helped (I'd been going through a difficult season that went back to the 2010 incident). My audacious prayer is that God do a time miracle and take creation back to 6/10/24 (I ask for this date in honor of my son and another person, Justin. God knows), then do a divine healing miracle between hospitals for 3 testimonies. Also please pray that He spare the life of a 19-year-old who was killed in a tragic motorcycle accident on 6/13 -- that God keeps him safe at home that day. Please pray that God doesn't allow ANY of the wonderful gifts He has given our family (they are uncountable -- artistic, musical, technical, intellectual, and many more) go to waste. Since I'm praying that God takes time back, I pray that He also spares Charlie Kirk and another friend Chuck K., both who passed away since mid-2024. Our world desperately needs people like Charlie Kirk. Also, please pray for divine visitation. God knows the details. My name is Jonathan, my son is David, and my wife is Laura. Thank you so much.
Thank you. One of the hardest things is that it seems as if my son is being punished for doing good things -- praying for his mom and dad, his friends' salvations and his own relationship with God. He now says things like, "God must not like the things I pray for," but he knows that the things he prays for are good. All three of us just want what we had before this, with my son's prayers answered. We were very happy with what we had. We had enough money and could easily afford budget vacations (long road trips in which the trip was almost as much fun as the vacation because we were all together in the SUV) and camping trips. My wife didn't work when David was young so she could be a stay-at-home mom. That was very important. We could afford to send him to Christian school, which he started at the age of three. What has happened to him now academically is a travesty. He's very gifted and has (now it's had, sadly...) a passion for what he's studying. He learned a lot on his own and I taught him many things as well. I used to meet him for lunch on Thursdays (my favorite day, that I looked forward to) and we would talk about all kinds of STEM subjects. He loved it and I loved teaching him (I used to be an adjunct, teaching EE). He now calls his schoolwork "prison labor" and speaks of being "cuffed" to his work. He's working as an intern at my employer, and days that should have been full of overflowing joy have become painful. I think the worst is what happened to me in April 2025 when something retriggered what happened in 2010 -- those days were hell on earth and it baffles me that God would even allow something like that. I never thought I would get out of that miry pit, but God put things in my life that somehow allowed me to escape. I actually prayed back then that God would reverse time (first time I ever prayed for that), but He made me walk through it. I can't do it again. Too many other things have happened. I worked out for many years and had a strong body (which I was so happy to have and give to my family as a husband and dad). I've now lost close to 100 pounds -- some of which was intentional before this happened. They don't give you much food in the hospital, and two two-week stays lost me 20 or so pounds each. My body is now shriveled beyond recognition, and this really hurts my son. We used to be active and did many father/son activities that required strength. I can't imagine regaining my strength. My sister-in-law would always tell me that I looked much younger than my age. Now I feel like I've aged decades. Another thing is that the brain surgery messed up my cranium and it doesn't feel real. My head now has ridges from how the bones mended. I do have hair, but it's far from the way it was. I think the pancreas damage really hit my son the hardest, as it did me at the time -- but I still had hope. I regained consciousness in the hospital after nearly dying from ketoacidosis in an ambulance, and the first thing I heard was that I would be insulin-dependent (effective type-1 diabetic) because my pancreas beta cells were destroyed and I could no longer produce insulin. That was devastating to hear, but I still held on to hope. When I told my wife on the phone I couldn't keep it together. All of these things, along with the theft of my son's academic experience and his prayers are what make me ask God to take us back. If God doesn't do this I have no idea what's in store for our family. We need miracles from God. I often wonder what things would be like if the thing in April 2025 didn't happen. This morning I had something like a dream in which it seemed that God was going to take us back to Memorial Day 2024 (which was an awesome day), but that was not it. I really feel like a lunatic expecting God to do this for us. I know He can do anything, but this seems like too much to ask. I don't know what else to ask Him. It's wonderful that you have the faith to believe this.
I apologize for going on so long. I was just going to mention my son's comments -- we had lunch, but not like it used to be. We just go because we work in the same building, and sadly this is all we talk about now. Please continue to pray for us.
I apologize for forgetting to say thank you to you for serving our country in my comment, so, thank you, and have a blessed Memorial Day (unless God answers my prayer before then),
Our family desperately needs divine restoration from a severe attack by the enemy. I believe the sovereign God can do ANYTHING. We are believers, founded in a Christ-centered marriage. I was diagnosed in 12/24 with stage 4 melanoma, then got treatment reactions that ruined my pancreas. I was then attacked in my non-physical being with something from which God had delivered me that originated in January 2010. That took close to 10 years to be delivered from, and by 2024 it was GONE. I can't go through that again; the pain and suffering were nearly unbearable. God's deliverance was borderline miraculous. It's even worse now. Why would God allow this now, right after all of that misery from which He already delivered me? There's nothing good here; it's pure evil. My precious son went from a bright, successful college student to calling school prison. He and I played on Worship Teams for years and now haven't played anywhere since. He misses it every day and just wants to be back playing again normally. I feel the same. God gifted us musically and in many other things. He's in college studying EE (like his dad) and is now having a terrible time focusing. 2024, up to Dec, was the best year of my career. I got my best performance review ever right before this. Now I'm a mess and can barely function in my job, which is a very high-level engineering position. I can't stand seeing our family -- particularly our son -- in this condition. The non-physical part of this is the worst. Saddest of all is that my son had been praying for me for 1 1/2 to 2 years for good health, a long life, and that my relationship with God be helped (I'd been going through a difficult season that went back to the 2010 incident). My audacious prayer is that God do a time miracle and take creation back to 6/10/24 (I ask for this date in honor of my son and another person, Justin. God knows), then do a divine healing miracle between hospitals for 3 testimonies. Also please pray that He spare the life of a 19-year-old who was killed in a tragic motorcycle accident on 6/13 -- that God keeps him safe at home that day. Please pray that God doesn't allow ANY of the wonderful gifts He has given our family (they are uncountable -- artistic, musical, technical, intellectual, and many more) go to waste. Since I'm praying that God takes time back, I pray that He also spares Charlie Kirk and another friend Chuck K., both who passed away since mid-2024. Our world desperately needs people like Charlie Kirk. Also, please pray for divine visitation. God knows the details. My name is Jonathan, my son is David, and my wife is Laura. Thank you so much.
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Thank you. One of the hardest things is that it seems as if my son is being punished for doing good things -- praying for his mom and dad, his friends' salvations and his own relationship with God. He now says things like, "God must not like the things I pray for," but he knows that the things he prays for are good. All three of us just want what we had before this, with my son's prayers answered. We were very happy with what we had. We had enough money and could easily afford budget vacations (long road trips in which the trip was almost as much fun as the vacation because we were all together in the SUV) and camping trips. My wife didn't work when David was young so she could be a stay-at-home mom. That was very important. We could afford to send him to Christian school, which he started at the age of three. What has happened to him now academically is a travesty. He's very gifted and has (now it's had, sadly...) a passion for what he's studying. He learned a lot on his own and I taught him many things as well. I used to meet him for lunch on Thursdays (my favorite day, that I looked forward to) and we would talk about all kinds of STEM subjects. He loved it and I loved teaching him (I used to be an adjunct, teaching EE). He now calls his schoolwork "prison labor" and speaks of being "cuffed" to his work. He's working as an intern at my employer, and days that should have been full of overflowing joy have become painful. I think the worst is what happened to me in April 2025 when something retriggered what happened in 2010 -- those days were hell on earth and it baffles me that God would even allow something like that. I never thought I would get out of that miry pit, but God put things in my life that somehow allowed me to escape. I actually prayed back then that God would reverse time (first time I ever prayed for that), but He made me walk through it. I can't do it again. Too many other things have happened. I worked out for many years and had a strong body (which I was so happy to have and give to my family as a husband and dad). I've now lost close to 100 pounds -- some of which was intentional before this happened. They don't give you much food in the hospital, and two two-week stays lost me 20 or so pounds each. My body is now shriveled beyond recognition, and this really hurts my son. We used to be active and did many father/son activities that required strength. I can't imagine regaining my strength. My sister-in-law would always tell me that I looked much younger than my age. Now I feel like I've aged decades. Another thing is that the brain surgery messed up my cranium and it doesn't feel real. My head now has ridges from how the bones mended. I do have hair, but it's far from the way it was. I think the pancreas damage really hit my son the hardest, as it did me at the time -- but I still had hope. I regained consciousness in the hospital after nearly dying from ketoacidosis in an ambulance, and the first thing I heard was that I would be insulin-dependent (effective type-1 diabetic) because my pancreas beta cells were destroyed and I could no longer produce insulin. That was devastating to hear, but I still held on to hope. When I told my wife on the phone I couldn't keep it together. All of these things, along with the theft of my son's academic experience and his prayers are what make me ask God to take us back. If God doesn't do this I have no idea what's in store for our family. We need miracles from God. I often wonder what things would be like if the thing in April 2025 didn't happen. This morning I had something like a dream in which it seemed that God was going to take us back to Memorial Day 2024 (which was an awesome day), but that was not it. I really feel like a lunatic expecting God to do this for us. I know He can do anything, but this seems like too much to ask. I don't know what else to ask Him. It's wonderful that you have the faith to believe this.
I apologize for going on so long. I was just going to mention my son's comments -- we had lunch, but not like it used to be. We just go because we work in the same building, and sadly this is all we talk about now. Please continue to pray for us.
I apologize for forgetting to say thank you to you for serving our country in my comment, so, thank you, and have a blessed Memorial Day (unless God answers my prayer before then),
Thank for this, Joseph! If the almighty God CAN turn back the time, He can do anything in my life. Praise the Lord