Good morning…
While at Northside Church on Sunday morning, I received a sad text from my dad in Ohio.
“I just received a message from Margit,” he wrote. “She said, ‘I am very sick, and I probably won’t make it home.'”
Margit, a long time friend who lives in Norway, is journeying with pancreatic cancer. Margit stayed with our family for a year in 1975, her junior year in high school, my 7th grade year in middle school. We have kept in great touch for over 50 years. She reads our blog daily and responds regularly with encouraging thoughts. Margit has not been a church-going person, but she appreciates our faith conversations and knows God through our intimate interactions.
So in between services on Sunday, I went to the prayer chapel, my favorite spot at our church. I texted Margit these words and photos.
“Good morning, Margit. Dad just texted us word that you are very sick and likely won’t make it home from the hospital. My prayers surround you, my second sister. I trust God with your transition into the new life ahead. May your peace increase with each passing moment. I love you eternally.”
“I am resting in the prayer chapel at church, lifting you into the colorful light of our living God,” I concluded. “Amid the pain may there be great joy.”
Soon after, my message received a pink heart emoji from Margit, a simple symbol saying everything.
…pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous (person) makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working] (James 5:16b, AMPC).
With this tremendously dynamic power available to us, I thank you for joining me in prayer for Margit’s complete restoration in the full presence of the Almighty.
…Sue…
