Yesterday my Pastor and I sat in three different rooms.  One was a home office and two were hospital rooms.  One was a maternity room and one wasn’t.  Each of those situations were heartbreaking/difficult in their own way.  Families are in crisis, marriages are on the brink, and students are facing things no one should have to deal with…

Sitting in those moments, I reflected that for these people, right now, they are dealing with issues that make the rest of life’s issues/problems pale in comparison.  Even as an outsider, when I heard the anguish in their voices, saw the decisions being wrestled with, and the fate of families, children and faith being decided, I felt the rotation of the earth pause, if ever so slightly.  It’s one (or 3) of those moments when the stuff on my day’s to-do list seems far less important than it did before I walked into those rooms.

Ministry is full of those moments, and it’s always sad to see people go through difficult things, but those are the moments that remind me why we do what we do, and how important it is to speak truthfully about the effects of sin and hold fast to bold convictions about God’s plan for His people’s lives.

God, be merciful on these families.  Only Your grace will cover the needs.