Minute Message  : Final Word

Publication date: Saturday, 1/11/97



	Mark McKinney is a medical wonder. While practicing judo, he

was seriously injured and taken to the hospital paralyzed. The

doctor examined him and said "He's a vegetable, and will never

walk again."



	Today, Mark has moved from a wheelchair, unable to

communicate to a living, vibrant individual. His neurologist can

offer few answers to Mark's recovery. 



	Isn't it great that doctors cannot always give the final

word? I appreciate tremendously medical wisdom and technology,

but I also know that in spite of all their knowledge, they can

only give an opinion. They cannot predict what a body can do with

determination. Neither can they know what God might have in store

for a person who trusts Him.



	Obviously, we cannot point to people like Mark McKinney and

say for certain that this is what will happen if a person

believes. But we can be inspired by such determination and faith.



	Whatever the circumstances... no matter the appearance of

things... the final word belongs to God. I do not believe in

coincidence. I believe God is at work, if I didn't, I'd quit

writing, preaching, and living.

	

	Come and see us tomorrow.







Norman Russell

2761 Broadway

North Bend, Oregon USA  97459