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Dustin Morrison, a soldier in Afghanistan, experienced a horrific explosion and ended up in hospital. It was bad:
You know you’re bad when a broken jaw, lacerated spleen and kidneys aren’t a top priority to address.
His family prayed for him to recover.
On Easter Sunday, doctors finally removed the machines—not to end his life but because they had witnessed a miracle. Against all odds, his lungs began to breathe on their own. When the news came to the family, Pedersen says that their reaction was overjoyed—but not shocked. “It was just like, ‘We know.’” She attributed the recovery in part to the thousands of people who were praying in the small communities of Iowa back home.
Still, the doctors were realistic with Morrison, explaining that despite the miraculous recovery he would never walk again. “I knew if I did,” Morrison says, “it would be of God. I’ve learned never to trust man before God.”
Ultimately, this journey to the shadow of death ended up bringing Dustin a real conviction to live as a Christian rather than just preaching Christianity:
An old friend recently pulled Morrison aside, complaining about his new lifestyle and all that he could be doing instead. “My buddy said, ‘You’re missing out on the some of the best years of your life.’ I said, ‘No, I’m just starting them.’”
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