Prayers are needed…

Today was a hard day for me, because it seemed like every time I turned around, or sat down to talk with someone, I was listening to hard news about their loved ones. A close colleague of mine is dealing with her partner’s mother’s gall bladder cancer. A friend I spoke to this afternoon is facing her father’s lung cancer. And one of my colleagues at work has a 5 week old baby who will undergo major abdominal surgery tomorrow morning. My heart aches for them…

One important aspect of Christian faith is trying to live into the reality that death is not an end, death is indeed not something to fear. But that is so hard to do. All day long I kept hearing snatches of a song in my head -- "shepherd me O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life." This is, of course, a quote from Psalm 23, which is also the first psalm I ever memorized. Today I am trying hard to live this prayer, and by doing so, to also share the strength of such a prayer with all those who are in need of such support. Please add your prayers, too!