One of my friends is watching her mother-in-law die. Another underwent surgery on her eyes and may not have enough vision afterwards to work anymore. Two of my co-workers consistently irritate each other and get into spats. I can be driven out of my tiny mind in under 15 minutes by a member of my own family.
Nothing unusual for anybody, right? Nothing unusual for me, either. What HAS changed, since I have tried to walk my life in faith and love of Jesus is that I have a different set of tools to react to these. I don't mean just interior prayer, offering up suffering, being meek in the face of insult. I do mean offering to pray for people, telling them that they will be in my prayers. It depends a little on their own faith; I don't want to scare people by offering to remember them during daily Mass. Sometimes I use the euphemism that they will be "in my heart."
What a wonderful set of tools we have in His Love! Casseroles for the sick are all very well, but adding prayer gives them real value!
Doodling in the Blank Spaces for Attention
9 hours ago
1 comments:
I think you're on to something. There are Casseroles of Tuna and Casseroles of Agape.
Seriously, thanks for the reminder that support takes many forms.
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