Good morning…
The photo above was sent with the email below.
“Dear Sue,” a close friend wrote. “You know well the agonies of parenthood as well as the joys, and your contacts are so wide. Please share as you are able and see fit. This message under Will’s photo is from his mom, RuthAnn.”
“So much heaviness in our time and in our days,” my friend’s email continued. “I have complete and total trust in our good God that a kidney will be found and welcome the opportunity to work with God in easing the pain of this precious family, our good friends. RuthAnn and her husband David have already pledged one of theirs to the kidney bank regardless of the outcome for Will. Thank you for your powerful prayers.”
In response to her email, I deepen down into prayer. I agree with my friend, “There is so much heaviness in our time and in our days.”
The agony for this family must be so hard to bear, six months into their overwhelming nightmare. No one chooses “rare kidney disease.” No one wants “9 hour dialysis daily.” No parent asks to see their child suffer. No family plans for a kidney transplant.
Might we, along with my dear friend, welcome the opportunity to work with God in easing the pain of this precious family? We each have a network of contacts, and the Holy Spirit can inspire us to share this urgent need as we are able, as we see fit. Journeying with this vulnerable family, might we continue to deepen down into the power of prayer? Such agony and heaviness is buoyed by complete and total trust in our good God.
I honestly wonder, “God, how do we really trust you totally and completely?”
In this quiet moment I am drawn to one verse that seems like an answer from God. Make your life a prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17, TPT).
Dear living Lord, please bring forth the perfect kidney donor for this young man, in your own time, in your miraculous way.
…Sue…
