It truly is so that we are instructed to pray for one another, and here at the Finest we indeed follow that.
It is wonderful that Our Father has gathered many together here for mutual understanding and caring. Every heart and need is lifted up, asking the Holy Spirit to be in the midst of each situation. The power in that is so uplifting!
Only with Him present can we get through life's stumbling blocks and setbacks - all the undermining work of the one who with (temporary) power on earth, seeks to separate us from God.
Learning to yield and trust and allow Him to see us through is often difficult, but when we walk in strong trust and faith, He we can see He is there.
In all things, The Timetable is His.
As many here know, a kidney biopsy in December 1985 on me revealed diabetic glomerulosclerosis - gradual thickening of the kidney walls so they become unable to filter wastes. It is "progressive and irreversible," and the prognosis then was poor...probable dialysis and death within two years.
I then worked at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensbro, NC, and the physician who had cared for me for 3 years told my husband that from what he knew of me and saw (with extremely brittle diabetes as well), to expect to bury me within one year - and more likely, 4 or 5 months.
The nephrologist who did the biopsy and became my Primary Physician scheduled me to receive the biopsy results on a Friday the 13th in the late afternoon... hmmmmm.. it so happened that morning my m-i-l in Florida passed away. [double hmmmm..]
Having been in and around medicine a long time, and having researched in the hospital library what he was looking for, the outcome was the same for all 3 possibilities.
Okay - also knowing how hard it is for a physician to give a patient bad news, I stopped him as he gave me the name of The Problem. He was about to say all he could do was "hold my hand while I went down the tubes," and I interrupted him to say I understood the course, but knew The Great Physician and rested in His Timetable - and meant it!
The truth is God had just 3 weeks before dramatically removed from me the Spirit of Fear, and I truly and totally accepted His Will for me.
Since I worked quite visibly with the entire hospital in my position, including coffee privileges in the Physician Lounge, God used me to show the professionals a thing or two! He has a wonderful sense of humor, keeping me *in their face,* going like Energizer Bunny 9 more years before He put me out to pasture to rest!
Count it up - the biopsy was 20 1/2 years ago.
He still had and has things for me to do.
The prayers of those here at The Finest have genuinely been felt in a very tangible way, and I cannot thank you enough for their sustaining power...
Meg, we lift up your precious family - and you - in this stressful time, knowing Our Father hears every prayer.
May He sustain each one of you, infusing in you His grace and peace.
Amen.
