God’s kindness in Trying Times

As many of you know my wife Anita is on a journey with Breast Cancer. We have many family and friends who are praying for her and we truly appreciate you participating with us in this journey. I work with special needs adult individuals and the other day at work one of the gentlemen stopped and told me he was praying for Anita. I told the man that I would go tell Anita that he was praying for her. I was excited to go home and tell Anita that he was praying for her. Anita was happy to hear how the special needs individuals were involved in this journey with her. These individuals have a lot of different disabilities yet they always seem to impress me with their good-heartedness and kindness. Most of the time they come to work with a smile on their faces and joy in their hearts. On one occasion, the gentleman that prayed for Anita was having a bad day. I was so excited to tell Anita that this gentleman was praying for her that I forgot to tell this man how much we appreciated it. So on his bad day, I could tell he was irritated about something and I didn’t know how I could get him back to his joyful self again. Finally, God got through my thick skull and told me to tell the man how much Anita appreciated his prayers. I wish you all could have seen how his face lit up and how his demeanor changed completely around. After God’s intervention, his day became a joyous one. I was just happy that I got to participate with my God in bringing a little joy to this man. God is always working for the good of mankind. God has blessed me with Anita. Through her and her journey, I have grown closer to him because of what I see God doing in her life. God is not the creator of cancer but he will and does bring good from it. Even in our time of need, God’s Kindness flourishes in us if we are willing to participate. I hope and pray that God will heal my sweat Anita in her time of need and I hope and pray that he will continue to use her journey for his will. I only hope that I get to participate with God in her healing and sharing kindness during times of trial.