The first official day of Spring was March 20th and we are entering Holy Week with Palm Sunday this weekend. Both help us to blossom ourselves both spiritually and physically so I thought this episode should be one that promises hope and healing.
Just like Christ's death on the cross brought despair to his followers, a grim diagnosis for one's own health can also be a dark place. It is how we respond to such bad news that demonstrates our faith or perhaps lack thereof.
My good friend Dr Austin Ruiz is a man of small physical stature, standing about five feet five inches tall but is a true GIANT in my eyes for his incredible faith and perseverance in facing not one, but two separate death defying illnesses. His story is one the should inspire all of us!
Dr Ruiz is a retired ophthalmologist from Harker Heights Texas and serves on the Brazos River Authority Board of Directors with me as a governor's appointee.
In this episode he relates his two year battle with leukemia through five treatment regimens and his wrestling match with Satan himself trying to get him to simply give up. He called upon the Holy Spirit and was rescued by him in this spiritual warfare.
A year after his remission and full recovery from leukemia, he was hit by another very grim diagnosis, sepsis. This battle ended up costing him both of his lower legs to amputation but he is walking today on his prosthetics and has never given up. What an example of faith he offers us all! This is a not to be missed show!
Visit www.thesavagepath.com for more on David, his book The Savage Path: A Memoir of Modern Masculinity, and the Savage Path Ministries Corp.
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