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Today began like any other
day. In the course of several hours,
though, I found myself sitting in a hospital emergency room awaiting
the diagnosis of my husband, who had been suddenly stricken by a
problematic gall bladder. As my spouse waited to be admitted into
the hospital for surgery, I could hear other emergency room patients
relaying to doctors and nurses of how sickness had also befallen them.
One brawny man, whose arms were covered with tattoos, was reduced
to a helpless child, his asthma so severe he could barely speak. Another
man, who had advanced Multiple Sclerosis, came in to seek relief from
agonizing headaches he would get sporadically. Across from us, lay a
grossly overweight woman who had a stroke. Even though my husband
and I were there with this matter of his gall bladder, after hearing so
many stories of tragedies, I was thankful it was nothing more serious.
That night, as my husband
was recuperating from surgery, I walked
about the hospital looking for a coffee machine. I stumbled upon the
ward where terminal patients were housed. These people were at
death's door with terminal diseases, such as AIDS and Leukemia.
Compared to these patients, my husband's emergency gall bladder
removal was insignificant. Instead of asking,"Why God?" I began
saying,"Thank you, God!"
How easy it is to lose our
perspective on matters of ill health and
tragedy. Somewhere in the world someone else has it MUCH worse.
When tragedy strikes,
there is nothing we can do to turn back the
hands of time. We must accept the situation and deal with it practically,
head on. At the same time, we must call out to God for his strength,
guidance, and hand of protection. As with all things, God's will be done.
We might not understand it in our lifetime, but we can still place our
faith and trust in His heavenly wisdom so that even in the
darkest of tragedies, His light will always shine through.
(Author Unknown)
Midi: Let's Just Praise the Lord
