The last two weeks have been tough on my emotions. A battle with cancer for the husband of a dear friend has been coming to an end. He passed peacefully on January 11th at 7:10 pm into the loving arms of his sovereign Lord. My friend began asking me for help last week, in communicating with others. As a widow of 6 years and 8 months it hit my emotions so hard. It’s difficult to watch someone walk the path you’ve been down. It’s even traumatic as your own memories surface and you are walking through your own grief again. However, I knew I was being called to help her in a special way. I knew the Lord was asking me to do something well and in a way that others couldn’t because as much as they wanted and did help, they weren’t a widow, as I am.
Through many tears I’ve kept up communication with other dear friends, helped with her business by communicating with leaders who needed to know things. Now my focus shifts… it shifts to helping her through the next few days, weeks, months and years. Widow to widow.
There is this saying “God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.” God also doesn’t call the mighty in heart, He gives the mightiness to those who say “yes” and are willing to serve when He calls us to difficult tasks. Please look at each thing you are prompted to do as a privilege God is entrusting you with. He will be there to guide you, to hold you and to see you through that task. He alone allows us and empowers us to love well with the love He showers on us daily. Who better to ask than the person who has already walked the path? While it may be hard because it brings up so much in you, you are the perfect person for the job in God’s redeeming perfection.
The Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did. Gen 39:23
Father, You are a good and loving Father. Help us to trust You when You call us to a task, to serve, to be Your hands and feet. Help us to know that You are trusting us with a privilege and not a burden. Amen
Grace Under Pressure 