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In Healing, We Are Healed
Reaching out to mend others helps us mend ourselves
I have a dear friend whose husband suffers from dementia. I myself am fighting metastatic brain, lung, and liver cancer.
We are both in a pretty crappy place, yet we still believe in God.
A question that might be asked — if God loves you, why does he let you suffer? This is the type of deeply philosophical question that thinkers over millennia have pondered. I’ve read some answers, but, ultimately, I think it does not come down to the brain, but the heart.
If you are a Christian, the knowledge that God loves you is a deeply rooted part of the faith.
You believe that when bad things happen, there is a purpose, and usually more than one.
One of those purposes, I believe, is to soften our hearts so we can minister to others.
So my friend whose husband is declining day by day and myself — we love on each other.
When we talk together, she prays for me and I pray for her and her husband. She drops healthy salmon for me because she orders it in bulk and she knows I’m on a budget, and she wants me to be healthy. I research possible treatments for dementia and share with her because this is something I am good at (I think) and it might help her…
