So There I Was!

For those of you who don't know I have been fighting what I believe to be sinus headaches for the past few days. Today, Tuesday, was the second day I stayed home from work. I called the doctors office and our doctor was not in today. His nurse told me that I needed to go to the emergency room at the hospital, so I did! I am so tired of being sick, and it seems like I am sick all of the time.

As I was laying there in the emergency room waiting for x-ray results, an older woman come in. I remember her saying that she was in her late 40's, 48 I think, and that she had taken a whole bottle of Tylenol Sinus medecine. I didn't here a lot, but I did here the doctor asking some questions, and she said that she has had a very bad year. She said that she had lost her dad last April, and that she was on all kinds of medication for depression and such. Some of the medication she was taking I am also taking. She said she had no children and that she lived with her mother.

As I was laying there, and since then, my mind goes to the thought of my own little problems. Here I am, poor me being sick and whatever, and here is this lady who has had it so rough that she is ready to end it all! Friends, my heart goes out to this woman, and I ask that you would pray for her with me, that God might reach her heart and life and show her that there is so much worth living for.

I have not shared this with very many people, I don't know if I have even talked to my wife about this, but there was a time that I thought my life would be better off if I didn't go on anymore. God has shown me different. To be able to watch my kids grow up and play sports, or just turn another year older. To be there for my dad when my mother was having difficulties after surgery. To be by the side of my wife when there are trouble times that she is going through. I wouldn't change that for the world.

You see, I don't know why I was there in that hospital room today, but I know that God allowed me to be there for a reason, and what ever the reason, I hope that He has used me and will continue to use me in whatever way He sees fit.