![]() ![]() The statistics for death are overwhelming. So much of medicine out in fields like that is not really leading to ultimate solutions, but it's providing comfort and hope and reminding them of things that are true, because every single one of us is terminal. ![]() Just those short 30 minutes we had together, as we talked and fellowshipped as brothers and prayed together, I thought, "You know what, Lord? I want to be the kind of guy who is raising up others who can serve people." I was so thankful for the skills that folks from Watermark had medically in Haiti and, even more, for the skills that had been built into people the way they genuinely ministered to souls. I was in here just to be ministered to and be reminded that God's people are everywhere and folks are ministering to each other all the time." I just walked out of there with my heart thankful that somebody had invested in him, not just in a medical way so he could put a camera up my nose and down my throat and look at my vocal cords (that wasn't really thrilling), but somebody had invested in him, too, to build into him a perspective on life. I walked out of there going, "I wasn't really in here to check on my vocal cords. We had a great conversation about life and about some tough stuff he has been through, a wife with some brain cancer, a little 16-year-old girl he lost. ![]() If you can go for it, go for it." We just sat and talked. I just don't want to turn it into a rip, a tear, where I'm going to be out for eight weeks, if that's the deal." He said, "No. He took me into his office and checked out my vocal cords. I went and sat in this man's office, and I have to tell you, I was so encouraged, because I was not unlike the folks in Haiti who were in a tough spot who needed some help. I called a friend of mine who's an ENT who got me in touch with somebody else because he was out of town and unavailable. I found myself on Friday when I really couldn't speak when we got back… I literally couldn't say anything. One of the things that happened when we were down there… We took a bunch of medical folks as well, and how great it was for folks to come and be cared for and loved and ministered to. Where is the homeopathic solution for hoarseness?" I have no pain, but I don't sound that great, so if y'all bear with me as I scratch your ears this morning with my voice, but it'll come back. I called all of my singing friends and said, "Okay, man. I was in Haiti this last week and got to teach at a little conference down there with some pastors, as well as work with some of my friends down that way, and in the midst of having some fun and doing a little craziness we lost our voice. I have not had much of a voice for the last three or four days. I am glad to be with you guys and glad to be able to talk at all. ![]()
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