back in 1978 my job was managing a private orthopaedic practice, as well as managing this surgeon's responsibilities as chief of orthopaedics at the hospital, and managing his off site clinics in Pembroke and Nunavut ... I worked 11 hour days, and often took work home in the evenings .... because rejection was my #1 "issue" I never said no or asked for help ..... I loved my job but was continually exhausted ..... one day while at work I heard loudly in my spirit from the Lord that He wished me to go to the Sudbury area and there was an urgency about this ..... I felt compelled to obey .... I called a friend and asked if she would go with me .... my boss was in surgery at the hospital so shaking in my boots, I left a message for him that I had to go out of town and was not exactly sure when I would be back ...I was convinced he would fire me once he received the message but I had to go ..... I called home and told Ron I had to go to Sudbury and was not sure for how long ...... I walked across the street from the office, rented a car and we were on our way .... we had never been to Sudbury but felt confident Jesus would tell us where to go .... when I saw the Sudbury sign I again heard in my spirit, keep going to Naughton .... and within a few minutes there was a sign for Naughton... Jesus directed us to a street, then to a driveway .... I pulled in, parked and walked to the door of the house ... I knocked, and as a woman opened the door I could see through to a living room where a man was lying on a couch, with a nurse bending over him and tubes and IV equipment hooked up ....the man barely raised his head, looked at me and whispered "I have been expecting you" .....this was all so surreal .... I walked over to the man who was obviously so very frail and introduced myself .... when he heard my name Argue, he asked if I had a son Geoff .... and it turned out this man years and years ago was a youth pastor at a church in Ottawa and Geoff sometimes used to attend the youth group activities with one of his friends who attended that church .... again, this was all so surreal .. George (on the couch) introduced himself saying the Lord had told him He was sending someone .... I sat on the floor and asked George his story .....
George was pastoring a church in Naughton and recently learned that the chair of his board was a Mason ... George told this man he could either serve Jesus on the board or be a Mason, but he could not do both ... this man got very upset and left the church ..... within a week, George began to feel ill and rapidly became very ill .... he saw his doctor who ran some tests which within days revealed George was filled with cancerous tumours..... George was immediately sent to the large cancer centre in Sudbury and was told he had approximately two weeks to live .... George and his wife started planning his funeral, even to buying his casket .... and then, Jesus spoke to George and said He was sending someone and I knocked on his door .... I felt a boldness rise up within me and I forcefully said to return the casket ... and then started asking questions about George and his family...... it came to light that although George had never embraced this doctrine, his dad was a Mason ..... George had some understanding of the masonic oaths and practices and we started praying through them, repenting, and breaking off all unhealthy attachments .... we put worship CD's on and worshipped, prayed, cried, repented, proclaimed, called upon Jesus for three days and nights ..... and George began to feel stronger ... he began to eat a bit and was able to stand ... the nurse who had come every day was dumbfounded ... and on the third day she disconnected his IV ...... George began to walk around the room singing of God's goodness and power ... he called the church secretary, told her to call everyone to say there would be a Sunday afternoon time of worship at the church .... George walked to the church which was just a half a block away and we had a worship service .....
late Sunday evening I started the drive home ....
George called me a few days later to say he had just seen the cancer specialist who could not find any evidence of cancer in his body ..... the specialist wished George to undergo a few rounds of chemotherapy just to ensure the cancer was completely gone and George agreed to do this. Within a month George was declared 100% cancer free and all chemo was stopped ... he resumed pastoring the church .... some members had left influenced by the previous board chair but folks in the community who had heard of George's healing filled the church .....
George is still pastoring to this day and is still 100% cancer free after all these years ......
my boss did not fire me upon my return although he sure was puzzled .....
I remain in total awe about the entire experience ......
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