One particular Wednesday morning, I was invited to visit a family who had been eager to receive me in their home—a very tiny one bedroom, with a kitchen attached to a super small living area and a pit toilet that also served as a shower for a family of five. The moment I entered that home, however, I sensed an unusual peace welcoming me in.  

As that family and I engaged in conversation, it became evident that they were spiritually hungry. Our conversation slowly and strategically diverged to Jesus and The Bible and there was no resistance at all. “Is this real? Is this really happening before my eyes?” I wondered. “An entire family wanting to know more about Jesus and now asking me many questions about Him and The Bible?” 

Fadi, the father, proceeded to share how Jesus had appeared to his cousin in a dream some years ago. Jesus had placed His hand on him and healed him completely, hours before his open-heart surgery. Once he had woken up from his dream, he started walking around the hospital testifying that he had been healed and no longer needed surgery. It all sounded like nonsense since his medical reports were substantiating he needed surgery and as a matter of fact, he was scheduled to go the operating room that morning. After insisting quite a bit that he was well and no longer needed surgery, they did several tests and found that his heart was completely whole. His heart was brand new. Needless to say, he never underwent surgery but was released. That amazing miracle is what was still intriguing Fadi, as well as his wife Sahar and their three children who were hanging on to every word their father was speaking as he was recounting the story they had heard many a time. 

As I was seated there, quietly listening to that incredible story, I could not help but think of the goodness of God and how He had prepared that family so I would enlighten their lives with the truth of the gospel. Very quickly, I identified with the Apostle Peter who had been sent to Cornelius and his family to minister to them. God had paved the way for Peter who only needed to show up, share the Good News and baptize them (Acts 10). Within the course of a few days, this is exactly what happened to that family. After my first visit, I returned to their home daily to show them from the Scriptures who Messiah Jesus is and what He had accomplished on the cross. They eventually repented from their sins, received Jesus into their lives and wholeheartedly surrendered to Him, and were baptized. 

Salvation is one of the greatest manifestations of God’s goodness. Psalm 145:9 declares that “The Lord is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made.” How humbling it is to have a God who is so good in extending His love and salvation to us all. Moreover, there is no greater honor, no greater privilege than to see an entire family move from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light and to have the honor to baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God was good to that family and He was good to me in letting me be part of their story. God is good all the time, and all the time God is good!