What a year for foxgloves! The wonders of nature inspire confidence in miraclesThis has been most evident recently in my nephew David Silha Reimann’s ongoing recovery from the “terrorist accident” he was in over Memorial Day weekend. He’s astounding the doctors as he body heals quickly – though maybe not as quickly as he would want. The prayers and good wishes have helped speed his miraculous healing.
Yesterday he went home for the first time to celebrate the birthday of his sister Sarah, his best friend and often “scribe” on the wonderful Caring Bridge website, keeping us updated on his daily progress.
Having grown up in (and still being a student of) Christian Science, I recall Mary Baker Eddy’s definition of prayer as the constant desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, and good deeds.
Grace. Something David is experiencing, as I am, too.
Many thanks to all who have prayed for and thought about David. In all ways, all traditions. I know it’s helping.
5 comments:
I concur!!!!
MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
- Thomas Merton, "Thoughts in Solitude"
David's good fight to recover reminds me of the title of an old "U2" album - "The Unforgettable Fire".
Clearly, David has an "Unforgettable Fire" of his own, inside. As many on the Caring Bridge blog have said, he is a fighter, a young warrior.
And they are right.
The prayer that mseely has posted says it well.
Oh, goodness, I do agree about the power of prayer and grace.
I concur also,with the above posts!!:)!
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