The Lord can do great things
Through those who
Don’t care who gets credit.
Until the time Jane learned
she needed an operation, the question, “Who will take care of me if I get sick?”
Had only been
hypothetical. As a single woman,
she hadn’t given much though to how she would survive a major illness or
operation. As it turned out, she
found that she had a “loving menagerie of friends’ who “cobbled together a schedule of
ministry and then passed the baton from one to the next while I marveled at my
good fortune.”
Stephanie was the
ringmaster, the one by her side at the hospital, who also helped her check her
incision and take showers. Bob
drove up from Los Angeles with his dog to stay for a few days after she returned
home. Peggy brought over Thai
take-out food. Ann arrived with a
bread machine and bags of groceries.
She also made soup, mopped the kitchen floor, and did the laundry. Michelle brought mail from the office
and drove her to doctor’s appointments.
It was amazing to Jane that
these various people hardly knew each other when they first began helping her,
but by the time she recovered, they had all become friends.
Being a servant has
wonderful rewards. Many times in
our serving we receive much more that
we ever gave away.
~OShields
A man’s pride shall bring
him low;
But honor shall uphold the
humble in spirit.
Proverbs 29:23
