A simple phone call. One that I should have made way before today, but just "never had time". Today, I made time. Since I can't speak to what the past would have held, I can only say that in the here and now, I'm glad I made the call. Wish I could say it was about good news, but that's not the case. Found out that someone I really care about is having such a hard time that they want to kill themselves (yes, I can identify with those feelings having been there before). The good news is they went to someone for help. No, they were not miraculously made to feel better.
This is someone who I have been talking with about life, God, and getting things together. Talking with for a LONG time. Yes, they are dealing with some junk in their life. Guess what? They have been going to church! Now, going to church does not mean they are at a good place with God, religion, or much else for that matter. In fact, right now they are pretty angry at God. But to me, this is good news. Being angry, and knowing that they are angry, these are strides in the right direction. While I know that it is all because God is working within them, I also know that all of the prayers I have been praying for them have not gone unheard by God. HE is moving in them.
One phone call, and I am once again reminded that there are so many people out there that are hurting, struggling, in pain. And they are searching for a way to get out. Without God, that will never happen.
These past few months when I was thinking poor me -- who had so much to get done as we try to do God's work in starting a new church (www.axischurch.com), I am seeing it all from a different perspective.
One phone call ...... helped me to remember "the why."
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