In Remembrance
Lately, I have had the honor of praying for the health of more people than I would care to. Not that I don’t want to pray, but it is difficult to always know how to pray in these situations. Do you pray for healing? Do you pray for complete restoration? Because if you do, and the person does not get better, how does God work in all of that? Should you just pray for God’s will to be done? And why is it sometimes His will that people should die?
The prayer list is too long. And yet I pray. I pray for two infants of two different families that are in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). I pray for an elderly neighbor who has had a stroke. I pray for a long time friend of my mother whose cancer has returned. I pray the same for my college roommate’s mother. I pray for my husband’s co-worker whose brother was killed in an accident. And I pray for my extended family…
This is Kirbie.
Her funeral was today in Illinois. She is the daughter of my dad’s cousin. She was 15 years old, and man, was she a fighter. She fought for half of her young life for her health - first diagnosed with cancer, then with heart problems as a result of the radiation she received for the cancer, and then had a heart transplant a few years ago. But that heart gave out on Monday morning.
So what do I do with such things that make me shake my head and ask Him “why?” I guess I do what only I can do with uncertainty in this world. I trust. I trust that The One who holds us all in His hands has even greater plans. It is not for me to understand. And yet, He reminds me that He is trustworthy…
Through seeing a rainbow before rain came to our town.
Through the words of songs that echo in my head..
Joy and Pain, Sun and Rain, You’re the Same, You never let go.
and another…I can’t say your life will always go like it should, but I can say that God is always good.
Through the words of His that echo through my heart….
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you. (Psalm 9:10 NLT)
September 9th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
When the Lord allows tragedy such as the loss of a life, I like to believe (because it’s a comfort) that He took them to prevent them from having to bear even more pain. Thinking of you!