What makes up a body? The head, arms, legs, the torso.... what have you. Cells? Sure. Whatever you think makes up a body, a body is incomplete unless a substantial portion of it is there. When one part of the body ails, the whole body ails. When one part of the body has an infection, the body sends in the warriors to clean it up. The body is amazing in itself.
A dear brother from church back in college is having another episode of lupus resurfacing. This time, it's pretty serious. He was supposed to fly back to Indonesia on Aug 2, but that has to be postponed. Here are the series of events.
He was there since evening July 30, when I received word from Justine.
Today, July 31, I received word from Bambang, who was monitoring his progress.
4:30PM CT - Iecun underwent cardiac arrest. Doctors were trying to resuscitate him.
~5:00PM CT - Iecun has stabilized from resuscitation efforts.
10:30PM CT - Iecun's organs were failing. Heart rate are 20% of optimal.
11:30PM CT - Iecun's condition stabilized considerably. His organs are resuming normal functionality. His heartrate returned to stable levels. Only issue now is that he's low on oxygen level. With the heart pumping at stable levels again (meaning regular heart rate and heart beat), the blood oxygen can circulate through his body.
Praise God.
I'm not there to witness the event myself. And being in a lingo isn't an easy feeling. Imagine what the parents back in Indonesia would be feeling.
Iecun's cousins are there at Arnett Hospital, Lafayette, IN. His family has been notified.
It is such a helpless feeling. Without prayer, one's mind can be truly be stressed like nobody's business. With prayer, there is peace. Prayer is the only sustaining strength in times of desperation.
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God" Philippians 4:6.
I'm so blessed to hear that brothers and sisters are attending to Iecun's needs. They're being our eyes, to bear witness to something probably many of us do not want to witness. They're watching vigilantly for anything happening, even if it's behind a closed door that barred them from even taking a full glimpse of Iecun. They're experiencing this situation first hand, and they're facing it with full force, with God-given courage that comes from only the Most High Himself.
I praise God for putting so many caring and loving brothers and sisters in our midst, and that when desperate times come, they call out to the rest of the body for attention. The rest of the body is more than glad to send in the prayer warriors and wage a warfare in the spiritual realm. It is truly in times of trials and tribulations that the Body of Christ chose to unite rather than divide. We choose to endure rather than to escape. We choose to hold onto a supernatural hope when all reasonable hope is hopeless.
Such action is expected of the Body of Christ. We care for one another. We look out for each other's backs. When one falls down, somebody else helps them up. As members of the Body of Christ, we are never alone. Alone is something God never intended from the beginning of creation, and I'm witnessing the magnificence of God's masterplan for mankind unfolding even in the most dire hour.
Hearts are pouring out for one man. What is one man worth in the Body of Christ? Everything.
The heavens rejoice when one man gets saved. Likewise, we rejoice when one brother who is ill is doing better.
Like one brother puts it, "Iecun, you're in good hands." That's where we who know and love Iecun stands.
