New Chapter Vol 1 Issue 1

Starting this month, I will be posting bi-monthly editions that would include devotionals, scripture, prayer, and other inspirational items. This would contain various things I have published on this blog (and others).

I’ve had times throughout my life when God gave me a wake-up call. But on April 1st, it was a wake-up I never expected and it has totally changed my outlook on – well, everything.

I’d just woken up when I began to experience chest pain. I was rushed to the ER where it was discovered I had two blocked arteries – with the main coronary artery being nearly completely blocked. Two stents were successfully placed and after spending the night in the hospital, I came home.

I didn’t realize it at the time, but the kind of blockage I experienced was called the “widowmaker” where there’s only 25% survival rate.

God could have easily called me home on that day – but, He didn’t.

I am still digesting this.

I’m fifty-two years old with no health issues, and a runner. Various members of my family said they were shocked that this happened to me as they kept saying I was the healthiest person of them all.

It was a wake-up call that prompted me to take a hard look at how I was spending my time and I’ve found it was lacking especially as a believer in Christ.

I hope to change this.

THE HEALER – a poem

Our hearts, shattered

Our spirit, crushed

Why did He allowed

these painful events

to happen?

We’re full

of questions and yes,

anger

The future, seems

full of chaos and danger

instead of

hope and dreams

What a dark, dark

world we live in!

Our eyes turn

to the sky,

as the tears flow

Oh, Jesus

Only you can heal

a soul torn in half

and comfort

the broken-hearted

Only you can

fill this void

with your everlasting,

enduring love

You are the Healer

You are our Counselor

Hear our prayers