Mrs. Jones* The Final Chapter On a heartwarming note-- one day a co-worker “Miss Inella” (as named by Mrs. Jones) and I were assisting Mrs. Jones. I asked her to “tell me why you love God today.”
“Oh, I love the Lord because he blesses us!” Here is a woman who is medically fragile, that needs me to feed her and provide her every need, whose family is too far away to even visit her or escort her back to the nursing home and she is exuberant about how the Lord blesses us.
I looked over toward “Miss Inella” and she had tears in her eyes. She is not a Christian, and to hear this woman’s testimony of God’s blessing must have really spoken to her heart. I know it changed my entire worldview at that moment.
Whether she asks for a warm blanket, chitlins, or thanks the Lord in her circumstances, certainly she lends a fresh light on living a life that embodies Phillipians 4:6.
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
When they finally allowed her to go home from the hospital, they wheeled her down the hall in a gurney. I said, “I love you Mrs. Jones, and God loves you.”
And I heard her voice clearly as she moved farther away. “He blesses us! Thank the Lord for you, Sista Crista”
Thank the Lord for Mrs. Jones.
stay tuned for the adventures of Mrs. Miller*.
2 comments:
I never know what to write after serious blog posts.
But it's good that we remember those days in this fashion. These memories are better than remembering the crummy hospital.
Burro Joe and Sista Crista bringing it with the serious blogs this week...I guess its up to me to add some levity. Working on it...
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