The Days of Sunshine
As the day opened we received the first hint of what was to come. It is always that way I guess so why were we surprised?
For almost a week we had entertained the clouds and the cold. Along with the heavy overcast days was the unending wind that would not stop. It was cool and miserable. The weather man said that it was 10 degrees cooler than normal.
Then it happened. The wind slowed and the clouds moved away. The weather was changing. Within hours the sky cleared and we had SUNSHINE. In fact we had days of sunshine. A brilliantly clear sky stayed with us for almost three days! What a wonderful relief from the unending overcast conditions of the weeks previous.
As I watched the weather man on television demonstrate what has happened in our area of the world it was amazing. Almost one half of our province was bathed in sunshine…beautiful, bright, brilliant sunshine. The photo showing on the TV screen was taken from outer space many hundreds of miles above us – there was not a cloud to be seen anywhere.
As I pondered this thought and savoured the sunny days I have come to the simple realization again. Far above us there are no clouds. It is only closer to the earth surface where the weather challenges are felt so deeply. The hovering heaviness of the weather, mixed with the violence of the disturbances that come our way affects us deeply.
Yesterday was the beginning of the official Tornado weather for our area of Canada. This announcement means that in the next months our areas could be open to devastating weather with high winds, violent ripping storms and heavy rain.
As we watch the videos from the U.S.A. we see what has happened in the many different parts of their country. One news presenter stated that the USA usually has around 300 reported tornadoes up to this time of year. This year they have already had over 900. It has been a heavy season for violent weather.
But there is sunshine above all of this turbulent weather near the surface of the earth. There is SUNSHINE!
Reflecting…
Yesterday I visited a man by the name of John Greening. Two weeks ago he entered the hospital for an infection in his lungs. As they took X-Rays of his chest they discovered his condition had worsened and that he had pneumonia in his lungs. With antibiotics they treated his condition and then released him from the busy hospital.
John returned to the hospital by the end of the week suffering from great pain and in much discomfort. By Sunday night and on into Monday his condition worsened. On Monday night they made the decision to remove a portion of his Colon. It was not known then if he would live through this crisis.
John had contracted “Clostridium difficile” or “C. difficile”.
C. difficile has also become an acute health concern in Canada, where it was blamed for 260 deaths at seven Ontario hospitals recently, and for 2,000 deaths in Quebec since 2002.
John was very close to death.
We all remember the terrible fright that we lived through in Canada a few years ago when the S.A.R.S. problem hit our people and the health care system.
It seems now that C. difficile has killed more in the last few months than the S.A.R.S. ever did. And it almost killed John.
This posting is not about C. difficile or S.A.R.S. – it is about SUNSHINE.
Yesterday I visited with John in his bed in the I.C.U. at our hospital. They are waiting for a bed in another part of the hospital and then he will be moved. He is sitting up and even walking now – however he is very weak and it will take some time for full recovery.
Yesterday I saw SUNSHINE in John’s life again. It was so far from the days of last week when his body struggled to pull through hour by hour.
Today John is looking toward the next steps and the places that they might move to in order to get the care that he and his wife will need.
John’s story is like others I have received lately. Everything was progressing steadily through their lives…at an everyday rate. Then storms of life moved in very quickly. In John’s case it would be very much like a “Life Tornado” – almost destroying him.
Today there is hope. The storm clouds have moved away. There is SUNSHINE and life to live.
I have had this happen to me as well – and may well have it happen again. The part that I need to grab on to at this moment and fasten it deeply inside of my being – there is SUNSHINE above all of this “storm stuff” and it will come again – after the clouds, the wind, the storm and even the Tornadoes of life blow away.
How can it happen? Well in my child like way I see it as a product of God and what he does. He is far above the storms. He is the author of SUNSHINE. He is the conqueror of every problem. And he loves me…and you.
There is no one that knows this better than he does.
Today I am praying for John as he recovers in the hospital and ask God that he will be able to get out soon.
I am also asking God for a miracle for my friend Harold. Harold is a fellow minister that has just found out that he has cancer through out his bones and in different areas of his body. Together with his wife Yvonne they are facing a “Life Tornado”. I am asking that they will see SUNSHINE today and the clouds will blow away.
And finally – I am asking God for a miracle for you! May the present clouds roll away and the warmth of his love penetrate every part of your life.
~ Pastor Murray Lincoln ~
Resources…
“C. difficile”
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/432546
For almost a week we had entertained the clouds and the cold. Along with the heavy overcast days was the unending wind that would not stop. It was cool and miserable. The weather man said that it was 10 degrees cooler than normal.
Then it happened. The wind slowed and the clouds moved away. The weather was changing. Within hours the sky cleared and we had SUNSHINE. In fact we had days of sunshine. A brilliantly clear sky stayed with us for almost three days! What a wonderful relief from the unending overcast conditions of the weeks previous.
As I watched the weather man on television demonstrate what has happened in our area of the world it was amazing. Almost one half of our province was bathed in sunshine…beautiful, bright, brilliant sunshine. The photo showing on the TV screen was taken from outer space many hundreds of miles above us – there was not a cloud to be seen anywhere.
As I pondered this thought and savoured the sunny days I have come to the simple realization again. Far above us there are no clouds. It is only closer to the earth surface where the weather challenges are felt so deeply. The hovering heaviness of the weather, mixed with the violence of the disturbances that come our way affects us deeply.
Yesterday was the beginning of the official Tornado weather for our area of Canada. This announcement means that in the next months our areas could be open to devastating weather with high winds, violent ripping storms and heavy rain.
As we watch the videos from the U.S.A. we see what has happened in the many different parts of their country. One news presenter stated that the USA usually has around 300 reported tornadoes up to this time of year. This year they have already had over 900. It has been a heavy season for violent weather.
But there is sunshine above all of this turbulent weather near the surface of the earth. There is SUNSHINE!
Reflecting…
Yesterday I visited a man by the name of John Greening. Two weeks ago he entered the hospital for an infection in his lungs. As they took X-Rays of his chest they discovered his condition had worsened and that he had pneumonia in his lungs. With antibiotics they treated his condition and then released him from the busy hospital.
John returned to the hospital by the end of the week suffering from great pain and in much discomfort. By Sunday night and on into Monday his condition worsened. On Monday night they made the decision to remove a portion of his Colon. It was not known then if he would live through this crisis.
John had contracted “Clostridium difficile” or “C. difficile”.
C. difficile has also become an acute health concern in Canada, where it was blamed for 260 deaths at seven Ontario hospitals recently, and for 2,000 deaths in Quebec since 2002.
John was very close to death.
We all remember the terrible fright that we lived through in Canada a few years ago when the S.A.R.S. problem hit our people and the health care system.
It seems now that C. difficile has killed more in the last few months than the S.A.R.S. ever did. And it almost killed John.
This posting is not about C. difficile or S.A.R.S. – it is about SUNSHINE.
Yesterday I visited with John in his bed in the I.C.U. at our hospital. They are waiting for a bed in another part of the hospital and then he will be moved. He is sitting up and even walking now – however he is very weak and it will take some time for full recovery.
Yesterday I saw SUNSHINE in John’s life again. It was so far from the days of last week when his body struggled to pull through hour by hour.
Today John is looking toward the next steps and the places that they might move to in order to get the care that he and his wife will need.
John’s story is like others I have received lately. Everything was progressing steadily through their lives…at an everyday rate. Then storms of life moved in very quickly. In John’s case it would be very much like a “Life Tornado” – almost destroying him.
Today there is hope. The storm clouds have moved away. There is SUNSHINE and life to live.
I have had this happen to me as well – and may well have it happen again. The part that I need to grab on to at this moment and fasten it deeply inside of my being – there is SUNSHINE above all of this “storm stuff” and it will come again – after the clouds, the wind, the storm and even the Tornadoes of life blow away.
How can it happen? Well in my child like way I see it as a product of God and what he does. He is far above the storms. He is the author of SUNSHINE. He is the conqueror of every problem. And he loves me…and you.
There is no one that knows this better than he does.
Today I am praying for John as he recovers in the hospital and ask God that he will be able to get out soon.
I am also asking God for a miracle for my friend Harold. Harold is a fellow minister that has just found out that he has cancer through out his bones and in different areas of his body. Together with his wife Yvonne they are facing a “Life Tornado”. I am asking that they will see SUNSHINE today and the clouds will blow away.
And finally – I am asking God for a miracle for you! May the present clouds roll away and the warmth of his love penetrate every part of your life.
~ Pastor Murray Lincoln ~
Resources…
“C. difficile”
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/432546
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