I have a younger brother whose battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) has brought him to a state of utter helplessness.
It has brought him closer to God.
It has brought his loving and devoted wife closer to God.
I grieve for my brother.
He was the person who took me hunting and taught me Silence when he was 14 and I was 15.
I only went hunting so I could gaze at the back of a brother I loved and talk with him.
bbc.comHe became financially successful enough to have lots of leisure time, and he used that time in hunting and becoming a known and respected wildlife photographer.
His abundant friends are mostly male and I know they didn't grow deep relationships by talking!
The silence of the hunt is a bonding thing.
He remained an avid outdoorsman up until his muscles wouldn't work well enough to move his legs.
Now, utter helplessness including the ventilator.
Don't we all experience utter helplessness at times?
Seeing the needs around us, don't we sense our own utter lack of ability to meet those needs?
Realizing our utter helplessness, and yet caring deeply, can bring us to a spiritual plane where we call upon God for intercession.
Intercession becomes powerful as we lean totally upon God.
Submit to fate? No.
Phillipians 4:6-7 He is near. Have no anxiety but in everything make your requests known in prayer and petition and thanksgiving. Then the peace of God, which is beyond our understanding will keep guard over your heart and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.
Submit to fate? No. We work for the fulfillment of the good.
We unfold our case before God through the continuation of prayers and petitions. Being thus invested, we develop relationship with God and have peace no matter what the outcome.
No street corner prayers, please.
They just don't work as well as the ones we pray secretly.
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