On Monday, October 12, 2009, I will begin to minister at Children's Medical Center at Legacy as a chaplain. I know Lil Will will be with me as I do rounds and speak with patients and families. I know the Lord will lead me and guide me to comfort those who had their worlds turned upside down. At the same time I am nervous because this is outside of what I am used to. I believe the Lord lead us into situations that are not comfortable because He desires growth within us. So I will go in with this is mind on Monday:
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
You see we have a choice to turn our afflictions, troubles, and tribulations into comfort for someone else, but this is not done in our own strength it is done in the strength of the Spirit of God. He is the God of all comfort who comforted us while we were going through with Lil Will and out of that comfort He transformed our afflictions, our troubles, and our tribulations into a ministry of comfort for others to witness and partake of. There is nothing extraordinary about Sequita and I. We love the Lord and He loves us and He trusted us to obey Him through out our physical time with Lil Will and even during our times of grief.
I had friends get mad at God about what happened with Lil Will and I found myself by the grace of God comforting them with the same words that God comforted me. I don't want to see any of my friends or family outside the will of God because of troubles in life. I don't want to see any of the patients and their families outside the will of God because of troubles in their lives.
There were friends of mine that did not handle Lil Will departure very well and they had some serious questions and complaints about how God handled the situation. One said, Why does God keep picking on you? The other one said, Why is He so cruel to you? I said, I don't see it that way.
There are some things that happen in our lives for the benefit of others and God says, "I trust you to be a soldier to endure hardship that others may be comforted and understand that I love them regardless of what trouble may bring.
There are other people we know who did not know Lil Will passed and some of them say things like, "You sound so strong", and they draw encouragement and strength from our testimony. So we have had many different responses from different people but we continually stand because of our Comforter.
I will be able to walk into Childrens Medical Center on Monday and minister with compassion because I have received compassion. I will be able to minister with understanding because He has caused me to understand. I will be able to minister comfort because He has comfort me.
Now here is a challenge for you. Have you allowed God to comfort you that you may be able to comfort someone else? Have you allowed God to speak to you in your troubles so that you can speak to someone else in their trouble?
We are God hands and we know God's heart, He want us to share Him with others out of our joy and our sorrow. Please keep that in mind. We love you all.
Tribulation will come and go in our lives but we choose who we will go through it with. I pray that you go through with the Lord instead of without Him.
