Finding Ways to Celebrate

I've been thinking about how to celebrate my good health. Surely there must be a good way to mark this moment in time, to express in a meaningful way my thankfulness. I am thinking the best way to show my gratitude is to do something for someone else - to find people who need to be blessed and bless them.

So I am looking for five people to help, by way of leaving a permanent record of gratitude. I have found the first person. In meeting with a friend who sang in my church choir last time I lived in this area, I learned of a woman with four young children who is battling cancer. She has found it necessary to go to New York City for experimental treatment not available in this area. It means she will have to be in NYC Monday through Friday and come home on the weekends.

I cannot imagine how difficult that will be for her, how tiring physically, how emotionally draining. This is her last chance. If this does not work, she may not live much longer. My friend has agreed to see what can be done for her. I am hoping that I can at least come and sing for her, though I don't know if she believes in Christ or not.

I am preparing music in the hope that I will be able to do that. And of course, she will have many needs more practical, and I know the right one will become apparent all in good time. I suspect these five opportunities will come one at a time, I just hope God will give me the right things to say and the strength to do what is needed with the necessary amount of grace to carry it off!

Meanwhile, I am praying that I will be ready. I just hope I don't end up disappointing people or finding myself unfit for the work. Stay tuned. It will be interesting to see how things develop and who all God brings across my path.