Just a thought by coppi

Years ago while living in Dallas, Tx, I used to volunteer to work at the VA hospital as an undercover person with the Chaplain there.  My job was to hand out Bibles to veterans and to encourage them by sharing the love of Jesus. I learned so much from them.  When one is looking death in the face, and life here on earth probably is over, it’s amazing how our desires change.  I walked by a room where a young man was on a Stryker circle bed.  His face was pointed to the floor.  In order to talk to him I had to practically sit on the floor. His story was interesting. He was from Arkansas.  He had a very beautiful sister who wanted to leave farm life and move to the bright lights of the city, Dallas.  There she got mixed up with the Mofia and her life was cut short by them.  Word got back to him which caused anger to flow from his very being.  He decided he would go to Dallas and kill the people who killed his sister. He found out where they were staying, and made his plan to go there.  When he reached the door to where they lived, his anger and blood pressure reached a level of danger and he had a stroke, and next thing he knew he was in the VA Hospital.  I would visit him each time I was volunteering at the hospital.  Finally, he said to me “if this Jesus, who is love will heal me”, I will follow him.”  I didn’t see him for awhile and wondered what happened to him.  I was out there, the VA hospital, and saw him leaving.  He was walking using a cane. He waved at me.  His smile told me all was well with him.  I wondered what happened to him.  He was a very handsome and young man,  and had a long life ahead of him.  I saw many ones at the VA hospital and when I volunteered for this job I prayed to Jesus “I will go and carry your love and hope to one’s that needed it, but when I left the hospital, I want to be able to leave all the sorrow I witnessed there and not carry it with me”.   

Life is tough, and the burdens it hands you can be so hard to bear. But you don’t need to carry them alone. Read the promises of God …

“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved” (Psalm 55:22). God is glad to carry your burdens and give you the daily strength you need.”

“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?” (Isaiah 58:6). It’s not God’s will that you should be crushed down with excessive burdens; let Him free you today.”

And, this is what I did – I prayed for them – and then I left them in the hands of Jesus.  I still do this today when I am asked to pray for people.  I do pray, but I am not the healer – only the prayer warrior casting the request into the Mighty One who has promised He would carry them. 

Just a thought by coppi