Ern:
I'm sorry it has taken me so long to write or call you. I'm at the lowest
point a person can be in their life. I'm getting divorced, no job, no money
& on the verge of homelessness. And to add to all that I was diagnosed with
leukemia 3 years ago & just recently diagnosed with prostate cancer &
recently had the radiation seeds put in. As soon as our divorced is
finalized in January, I'll have health insurance for 30 days and then I'll
be without insurance. I'm sorry to contact you with nothing but bad news but
that's all I have.
To my knowledge, my friend has still not surrendered his life to the Lord. I shared this with just a couple of family members and friends. Ironically, my oldest daughter and one of my close friends responded immediately. Breana has known him since she was two years old, and calls him "Uncle" to this day.
I write this because I think of how people will say; "I will pray for you." I am sorry, but most of the time people say this because it appeases their conscience about not doing something. In reality, most people don't know how to pray and can't because God doesn't hear the prayers of the unsaved. UH OH, did I just loose some friends with that last one. The only prayer God hears of the unsaved is their cry for salvation.
Lets assume that we are saved and say we will pray but don't - what a disgrace to God and those who ask us to pray. While I'm prying, do you even read the Christmas story as recorded in The Book of Luke on Christmas Day - Sorry, I am hurting for him and not thinking...God still answers prayer, and still uses people primarily to do it with. Santa can't help my friend, but maybe Jesus will use you and me too?
This Christmas season is for people just like my friend because; Jesus came to heal the broken hearted! Pray with me, at least once, that my friend will respond to Christ' calling him.
ern
PS I know I need prayer in being more loving to you all and not judgemental. Pray for me too....
