God is so good. My Aunt who is 89
years old and lives with her daughter & husband in a
small town about 45 minutes from me was hospitalized and told she did
not have long to live. She was on my heart so heavy that
Thursday morning as I was getting ready for work. I knew I had
to go see her when I got off work that evening because I could not
get rid of that heaviness and urgency within me. All I knew was that
I had to talk to her about Jesus before she died. You see, this Aunt
and her two daughters were very close to me when I was a child. My
parents would take me and we would go spend one weekend out of the
every month with them. There was one cousin in particular that I was
extremely close with growing up. She was at least twenty years older
than I and when we'd visit, she'd always spend all of her time
with me and I loved going to visit. As I got grown, our family
ceased to visit as much. Daddy had died and I had moved away from
home, not to mention they were all STRONG Jehovah Witnesses and I
didn't believe what they believed. Long story short, we drifted
apart over the years as far as visiting but my love for them
remained, especially my favorite older cousin.
White driving to the hospital that
Thursday afternoon, I prayed and asked Jesus to not let anyone be
there with her when I arrived so I could talk to her. He answered
that prayer immediately. There wasn't a soul there when I arrived
and I was able to go in and talk to her. She was totally
dependent on oxygen as she was not able to breathe with out it.
The oxygen mask covered her entire nose and mouth. I touched
her hand and she opened her pretty blue eyes and said with her
trembling voice, Ellen Ann, you look so pretty! I thanked her
and told her that she had been heavy on my heart and mind ever since
I got up that morning. I told her that when I got off work that
I knew I had to come see her. I said, ya know, I became very
impatient as I left work, wanting to swing by my house to change my
shoes and fix me a glass of water for the ride when all of a sudden I
was stopped by a train. It was so slow and I found myself
getting very agitated when all of a sudden, I relaxed and said "Thank
You Lord," this train could be protecting me from something
happening up the road. I really believe that was exactly the
case!! Can't begin to tell you how I felt when I ran up on an
accident that had just occurred not even 15 minutes prior to my
arrival. It could have been me!!! An SUV
broadsided a car and it was torn up bad, even the SUV was torn
up!! I started Praising Jesus and Thanking Him for His
protection. I felt such confirmation that I was headed to do
what He wanted me to do.
As I continued to talk to my Aunt, I
said, you know we've always had different beliefs but the
time has come that you are going to come face to face with our
Creator and I can't let you do that without talking to you about
Jesus. I told her that I knew she believes in God but I wanted
her to know that she had nothing to loose by asking Jesus into her
heart and telling Him she accepts Him as her Lord and Savior. I
said, hadn't you rather accept Him now rather than to wait, only
to find out when you leave this world that you were wrong?
She said yes. I pray I got through to her. She was so
tired. Her daughter and her husband arrived about an hour or
so after me. I stayed around while the decisions where
being made as to what kind of care would be needed for my Aunt
according to her wishes. The caseworker came and we met outside
Aunts room. My cousin was urged to honor her mama's wishes.
So, they moved her to the rest home the next day where they
would be treating her as a Hospice Patient. They would remove all
IV's, etc., and allow her to pass without sticking her with anymore
needles and they would start administering Morphine so she could
pass without pain.
I told her bye and that I may not get
to see her again here on this side but I would pray that I would
see her again. She told me that I would. As I walked away
tears rolled down my cheeks. As I reached the end of the
hall I passed by three ladies, one of which was sobbing and I heard
another lady on the phone say that her friend's mama had just
died. I turned around to the lady crying and said, "Was it
your loved one?" She said "Yes, it was my mama." I
was already in tears myself from walking out of my Aunt's hospital
room and all I could do was hold my arms out and this woman fell into
my arms and I sobbed with her. I told her how sorry I
was. One of the ladies with her said, "Well, she has a lot of
friends to give her support." I asked her if she had a Church
family and she said no. I touched her on her shoulder and
looked her straight in the eyes and said, "I hope you will find a
Church home because you really need that in your life cause Jesus
loves you more than you'll ever know." She said, "I will."
When I got to my car, I felt led to carry her one of my CDs. I
must be honest, I didn't relish the thought of walking all the
way back through that hospital, but I did. I told her that I
wanted to give her one of my original CDs and that there was a song
on there about my mama dying that I thought may be of comfort to
her, maybe not right now, but later on. She thanked me and
asked my name. She said I looked so familiar to her. I
told her where I lived. Low and behold she lived in a little
place not far from me. I told her that my contact info was on
the back of the CD and to feel free to call me anytime whether she
needed someone to talk to or just for someone to listen. She
thanked me and said she would.
Ya know, I had no idea what was in
store for me on that Thursday after work but our Lord
really BLESSED me!!!! How precious was that??? I
truly believe this was definitely a situation of divine
appointments.
God may use one thing to open the door
to another David had been sent by Jesse to bring food to the
battlefield for his brothers. Now David could have said, "no way,
this is beneath me to be an errand boy." But if David had never
brought the food, he would have never met Goliath, which would be
God's opportunity for advancement and increase.
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