Editor's Note: Scott Malutinok is slowly recuperating from a very serious motorcycle accident. Multitudes of people are following Scott's progress at CarePages online and praying for him and his family. His father, Dave, posted the following moving message this morning.

Years ago God heard prayers from around the world to heal our son Mike of leukemia and my wife Marcia of cancer. Let's keep praying without ceasing.

Yesterday we saw Scott's awesome smile! He is s l o w l y beginning to respond. Not on command, but in his own time. He loves eating ice cream...that makes him smile! He is also bearing some weight on his legs. In addition, if he keeps going strong with his breathing, he may get his trach totally out on Monday.

It has been a very challenging, yet faithful road for us. One of the things that has been very difficult is to see Scott, hold him, talk to him, pray over him, and yet get very little response other than a look into our eyes every once in a while. If we want, we can move his hand and make him wave at us, but that doesn't count if he is not purposefully doing it himself. We all really miss him, even though physically we see him every day. We miss him becasue he doesn't respond right now. Scott is in our world, and in our heart, but we are not in Scott's world.

This remainds me of why God so much wants us to pray to him. We are always in his heart. He sees us all every minute of the day and night. We are in his world, but when we do not pray and think in spiritual terms, we do not let him in our world. He so much wants it. He communicates to us by the beauty around us. He communicates to us through His word. He gives us gifts all around. Sure, He can make us do things to respond to him, but it would mean nothing if it doesn't come from our concious desire to communicate to Him.

The whole event with Scott has helped me have a desire to pray, not just to ask God for things, and ask God to help other people...that's important...but mostly I have begun to just talk to him, to communicate to him. Not just in deep requests, but casually through the day.

There is nothing greater than to have your child talk to you.

Love,
Dave

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