(In compliance with “FMF Five Minute
Friday Community of writers”
The assigned word to write on is WHY?)
I splashed the WHY? word prominently on the cover
of one of my published books, HOSPITAL GOWNS DON'T HAVE POCKETS!
My subtitle was: WHY me? What now? Discovering Meaning in Physical
Distress. I wrote that book during my recovery from major lung
cancer surgery.
WHY? was large on my mind. Never a
smoker nor around smokers, WHY did I develop lung cancer? Most of us
who attain some measure of longevity have repeatedly met adversities
and afflictions and have had to decide how to deal with them.
First, we should ask God WHY? in an
attitude of inquiry, not a disgruntled whine of
complaint. “What do You want me to learn through this event for my
own life?”
And a second WHY? Is the reason You
want me to go through this physical or other misfortune so I can help
others? The apostle Paul declared that God allows ALL afflictions in
our lives so that we may “comfort those who are in any affliction
with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
(Second Corinthians chapter one)
In my lifetime of writing and
publishing I have found that some of the most meaningful writing
comes from the school of adversities which God allows in our lives.
In addition to the books I've written to walk people through illness
with God's help, after my own loss, I wrote a trilogy of books to
help widows, and several books for those of us who have become
calendar challenged.
The WHY? word when we ask sincerely of
God, always has an answer when we listen to Him carefully.
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