For part of the past three days, Karen and I spent time in Branson with Jerry and Renee, our friends from the Passion Play. They had left the Play last Sunday to spend their 53rd wedding anniversary in Branson and then planned to head to Hannibal, MO for a Campers on Mission rally. While attending a show Tuesday night, Jerry had a stroke and was immediately taken by ambulance to the Emergency Room. In an instant their life changed drastically.
Jerry is still in the critical care unit, able to move both arms and legs, but having difficulty speaking more than a few words. He seems to understand what is being asked and said, but can't say the words to respond more than a simple yes, no, okay or yeh. In an instant, he has been changed. It's too early to know what the prognosis is, what treatment he will need and how their lives will be altered. In an instant knowns became unknowns, plans had to be changed and questions never before asked now have to be answered. Tasks once done by two people, now have to be done by one. And we realize that each and every one of us could face such a situation.......in an instant. Life has no guarantees and we, and those around us, have no assurances beyond the current moment. Something we don't think about until it happens and then we realize that we were't prepared for that instant in our life, but we have to face it and move ahead. God was not surprised, not caught unawares, and He has the plan and purpose for their life already in the works and just needs to hear both of them say "Yes Lord, Your Will be done." For each of us, the response needs to be the same......Yes, Lord.......
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