As you have often seen me write, I wonder why.
What is this all about? Mine is a story of healing. It is a story of hope. It
is a Lifetime Television Movie. Yet I
wonder why and for what purpose it all has meaning.
Recently I was reminded that for “Everyone to
whom much was given, of him much will be required.” – Luke 12:48 ESV. Yes. Much
has been given. Therefore much is required.
And then I met Herald.
My dear friend Shelle introduced us. I kept
wanting to call him Hal or Henry, but I knew that wasn’t right. With a twinkle
in his eye he said, “Think of the Boston
Herald. It’s even spelled the same way.” But Herald is not from Boston.
Throughout the evening we shared our stories. How I met Shelle. How my time
with her was continually extended. How our friendship grew. The fact that God
allowed me to be with her during the passing of her mother. None of which was
meant to be in the original scheme of things. Yet God provided her with a friendship
that she needed at the time; a friendship that I didn’t understand at the time.
Now I do.
As my own story unfolded Herold pulled out his “smart
phone” and pulled up a Bible verse. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in
all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any
affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by
God.” – 2 Corinthians 1:3 & 4 ESV
I still don’t get it. I still don’t understand “why
me?” I am not an angel. I have so many doubts of my own. I question so many things.
But not my faith. I believe in God and His purpose. But why would He choose
someone who cannot reconcile her own beliefs, let alone reconcile this journey?
I lived against the odds. I celebrate the hope and the pink ribbon. But I am
conflicted with the truth that is my friend Linda.
She will die.
Within the next few days. Within the next few
weeks. She will not be alive when I walk in the 2015 Boston Avon Walk to End
Breast Cancer. I don’t get it. I truly don’t understand. Yet, for Boston
Herald, I know that I have been given much. Therefore, much is required.
Wow. There is so much to say or not say. All I can say is that now we behold through a glass darkly but one day we shall see Him face to face and every question will be answered. I trust by faith, the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen, that He will allow you to stand fast with Linda and He will yet reveal His plan in all this.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Seth. This post was a little raw; a little too personal. I once heard a sermon about affliction in which the pastor said that maybe your situation, medical condition, or current life circumstances aren't about you. Maybe they are about the people you encounter along the way. (Or something to that effect). I can't remember his exact words, or anything else about the sermon, but that message has stuck by me.
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