The Call
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if
one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. – 1 Corinthians 12:26
It was a simple note sent to all church members. A
couple in the congregation were facing a major health situation and needed a
few weekly meals delivered to their home. It’s a simple request. Basic. Needed.
Necessary.
The rest of the story: She’s been diagnosed with a horrible
disease that is slowly robbing her body of its ability to function, while
leaving her mind completely aware of what’s happening. There is no cure. She
faces a future of suffering before blessed death arrives.
We are quick to celebrate with those embracing joyful
times: marriage, the birth of a child, graduation, job success, and on and on.
That is as it should be. But perhaps the most revealing times of faith are when
we walk beside the suffering, the heartbroken, the dying. It’s not easy,
especially when you know the outcome will be healing in heaven rather than on
this earth. But it is necessary.
Providing a meal doesn’t seem like much but it’s really
so much more than food. It’s about the walk, the love, the joining of hands.
Faith was never meant to lead us on a solitary journey. We do what we can along
the way and, in so doing, we become the hands and feet of Jesus.
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