Life is like the ocean. It comes and goes in waves. Waves of happiness, waves of sorrow, waves of good fortune, and waves of circumstance. Right now we are on a wave of trepidation in my circle of friends and family.
I have several friends at this very moment in time... good friends who are all praying for a miracle or resolution to their problems. The problems are all large scale and not petty in the least. These are the kinds of prayers that bring you to your knees, not the quick "under your breath - I'll-catch-up-with-you-next-time-okay-God?" kind. Yesterday I found myself collapsed in tears and on my knees begging God to bring miracles, to bring hope to a beautiful friend who has recurring breast cancer and not getting very good news lately. To bring healing to a little girl in the hospital with a terrible infection that has threatened her life. I prayed for one of the most wonderful couples that I know to receive a positive on their test results today. This couple deserves to have their biggest wish granted, and I find it so terribly ironic that at the same time they wish for a positive, somewhere at the same moment, another couple will be devastated at the same news... I prayed that God will bring answers to another friend with symptoms that are yet undiagnosed, and a future for her that is free from past hurts.
I prayed for myself, to be guided in what to do to help. I find it so frustrating that this is beyond control. All of these things are out of my control, or the person who is experiencing it's control.. The only one in control here is God. Sure we can help or hinder things, but when you are already doing all you can (as the individual with the problem) it's time to let "Jesus take the wheel".
All of the things I listed can be turned around, it is possible. There is hope for each and every one that I am praying for.
Another thing that I am praying for is for comfort for my family, as we lost a great man last weekend. He was an older man, a grandfather and great grandfather. He lived a long, productive, and happy life. He was looking forward, near the end, to his rest. But I pray for the ones left behind that grieve him.
Out of all this, I am reminded that I have it good. I am healthy, I have healthy children, I have a husband that I consider to be my soul-mate, I have family that love me, and a whole lot of friends.
Right now, we have a few moments of sunshine. We need to live in this very moment... as the old saying goes "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that is why it's called the present." Corny? Maybe, but I like it.
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