Why We Are Here

The following is a letter I received this past week and with permission, I share it with you and hope it touches you as it did me…

I lost a friend to cancer last week. I wanted to share this with you. Everytime someone “passess over,” I am reminded of why we are here in this world…

Not everyone can empathize with what it’s like to have or be a caregiver for someone with a chronic illness; but sadly many can. Whether you lose a friend to or cared for someone with an illness that
had no cure, the feeling of helpless is the same. Your challenge was to make each day for the sick person one of new hope. Saying “time heals” gives little comfort, but being able to hold your head high and say, “I did all that I could,” is a real blessing, although it may not seem that way right now.

The challenge now is for the church to help the caregiver, family member or friend through this difficult transition period. As the Bible says in Galations 6:9: “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Chronic or terminal illnesses can be thought of as the little bit of foothold God allows Satan to have in this life. But in the end, Christ and his followers are the winners. Remember that the Father
had a Son whose whole life was to show us how to live in a sinful world. And I don’t believe it was any easier for God to give up His loved one than it is for us today.

A few years ago a close friend of mine lost his wife to Parkinson’s disease. We went out to lunch shortly after her death, and I could tell he wanted to talk. “With tears in his eyes he asked, “What if
there is no Heaven?” After a few seconds of silence, I replied with another question, “But what if there is?”

We must live each day as if it is our last, because it may well be. The debt for Satan’s presence in this world has already been paid so that we may spend eternity where there will be no more illnesses, no more death, no fear, and no tears. And that expression of love was the best gift to the world yesterday – today – and tomorrow.

Peggy Willocks

Peggy, who has YOPD, is the artist that painted the side of this barn!  You can read more about Peggy here :  An Interview with Peggy Willocks

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