Today I found out a co-worker and pretty close acquaintance has been diagnosed with cancer again. His first battle happened 6 years ago and he was pretty sure he had finish with that battle. Through a series of routine exams they found a spot in the liver which the doctors seem to think it is leftovers from his cancer in his kidneys. The doctors are running more scans to make sure it is only in his liver, which will be very "easy" to cure if it is.
After I talk to my friend, I told him," you will do great because God has more for you. He has big plans and He is not finished with you yet. You are a man of integrity and your love for people, he needs more of you." My friend said, "thank you, I thought I had this cancer beat but I guess not". I told him how important it is for him to speak positive even when things seem the worst. I told him that when things get rough to remember that God will be carrying him and that he will not be alone. He thank me for my words and said, "we'll see! What do I say? How can I comfort him when I know he has been through it? How can I show him the light of what is to come? I have not been through it? I don't have the answers? Yes... I know what you are thinking. God has the answers, he has the power to cleanse his body and take away everything. I know that, I believe that. How can I convey that message to my friend? How can I tell him that message of hope and healing if he does not believe it? I want to transfer all my faith and believe on to him. I want to give my friend the love that God has share with me. At the same time, I don't want to sound like I am not compassionate, or caring. I was not there for his first encounter with his illness, I don't know what he went through. All I have to offer is my "love", my faith, my time and my prayers so that God will touch his heart and confirms to him how much he is loved and how his body will heal from all this cancer that will disappear because he believed!
So I tell God today, yes! I will be the light on a friend's dark moment because those are the times when God uses us to be him in someones eyes. Thank you Father for making me understand that You love us through others and ourselves. Love you!
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