She sat in my office, a new widow at 59. Her husband died of COVID19 last month and she lived alone. We talked about her health, her blood pressure, her lab work. She was teary eyed. It was clearly a difficult season in her life. I remembered she grew up Catholic.
I asked "Is your faith a big part of your life? Has it been helping you ?"
She said, "That was a long time ago. My parents were religious but I wasn't. I haven't paid much attention to it for some time. I was thinking now that I am alone, I would try again... maybe a different kind of church though. "
I shared with her, "I went to church for a long time and never really understood how to connect with God much. It was a lot of rules and rituals, but I remember when someone did share with me the big picture of How to connect with God-- that really helped me a lot. Would you like me to share that BIG PICTURE explanation of How we connect with God and get closer to Him?"
"Yeah, I think that might help me"
I had the opportunity to share the gospel with this hurting woman today. At the end, I showed her the 2 circles/types of people. she said she was on the left (life without Jesus and leading her own life) but wanted to be on the right (life with Jesus , forgiven and letting Him lead her life) . She said she wanted to cross over today... and we prayed for that end.
"wow, that was really special" she said.
"It's just the beginning " I said. Today is the beginning of your new Life with Jesus as your best friend and He will never leave you. The rest of your life is a life of getting to know Him more , learn about Him and enjoy life with Him"
Dear God, I pray that you would let Your truth sing deep in her heart. I pray that the enemy would not steal these seeds away and she would truly KNOW you and follow you. Bring her into your church and surround her with people who will help her in this new life.
follow up 6 weeks for HTN. to be continued...
