Today I checked on FaceBook to see how our friend Gayle was doing. She has been moved to a Hospice facility as she is facing her mortality because of cancer. She had been diagnosed with cancer and had been fighting the fight to be victorious over it. She said in a post that she wasn't giving up but she was now tired and was ready to go home. Someone had posted on her facebook page that she was in pain last night and she needed help. I loved her response to the pain she was experiencing.
She was waiting for the nurse to come and give her some medication to relieve her pain. As she waited, she did what was natural for Gayle. She raised her arms and began to pray in the Spirit. She was not allowing the pain to keep her from going to her source of strength. She knows that she serves a God who is always there for her and loves her with an everlasting love. As she began to pray in the Spirit, she was speaking aloud in tongues as she laid there in her bed. The nurse came into the room to give her some pain medication and realized that something was happening. It is my understanding that the nurse was familiar with speaking in tongues as she was with the Assemblies as a child. God is so in control of every situation we will ever face! As Gayle prayed her pain began to decrease allowing her to become more relaxed and comfortable. What a God we serve!
The question for us then today is how do we respond to the storms or circumstances that we face in our lives. Do we allow emotions to dictate how we respond or do we choose to praise God even when faced with our mortality? We have to make a choice when faced with such things. As the team said in "Facing the Giants", if we win will praise Him, if we lose we will praise Him! We do not always know how things will turn out when we begin to go through a situation. God knows and that should be our source of strength because nothing catches Him unaware. He knows the plans He has for our lives and the path we will walk. When we walk life's path, He walks with us every step of the way. We are never alone even if sometimes we feel that way. We simply have to allow our faith in God to rise up within us and begin to praise Him. When we do that, His presence will always surround us and allow us to experience the peace that only He can give!
As we wait for Gayle to experience a healing either here on earth or she goes to be with her Savior, we can be thanking God that we have indeed been blessed to have known this woman of God and to have been touched by her life and ministry. She will missed here but we know that she will be rejoicing with all the saints who have gone on before her. But take heart! Those who are in Christ will see her again soon when Christ returns for His bride!
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