There seems to be a strange affliction working its way through many people I know this month. Unlike such discernible illnesses such as the pneumonia from which I’m recovering, this disease is harder to pin down. Its effects, however, are all too evident.
It’s as if there’s a concerted effort to attack rational thought and behavior. People seemingly going out of their way to become forcibly unemployed. Folk normally blessed with clarity of vision and purpose becoming muddled, confused. Dark moments abounding; ones cared for and loved staring into the abyss while mulling over the thought of throwing themselves into its unknown finality. Strange things. Scary things. Scary things indeed.
Jesus, my Savior and Lord. Stay with me through these times. Do through me what I can never do by myself. Use me as a vessel of Your grace and love. Let the Spirit flow through me in spite of my own frail humanity to touch and encourage others. Help me to love as I am loved; to give with the same measure I have been given. I have empathy with these precious ones going through the dark times, for I too have been there. Take my hand and empower it to reach out in friendship, offering what I can. I don’t know why so many are being attacked at the same time. This I do know: through You, this malaise in October can be endured and overcome. Only through You.
And may this month end quickly.
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amen. thank you jerry. you’re making a difference.