People I Talked To Today
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls
Topic: Stuff That Happens To Me

There are several ministries at which I volunteer, and sometimes I get a chance to minister myself. 

 

Today I was talking to a woman and her nine year old daughter. They were planning a party for the girl's birthday, and the woman mentioned that she wasn't going to have cake because her daughter was too fat already. She just said it in a very matter-of-fact way, and the little girl didn't even react. I was a little taken aback. Without accusing her of anything, I just said that the little girl looked fine to me for her age, and that it was probably better at any age to emphasize being healthy over being thin. And then I just said "Don't you agree?" I don't even know if she had realized what she had said, until I threw the ball back in her court like that and she had to either agree or not. She said yes, so at least she understood, but something like that probably goes so deep that she will probably have to be reminded over and over for some time.

 

I also talked to an older gentleman who told me that he was Pentecostal, and that he and his wife had prayed about his prostate cancer, and rather than proceeding with a planned surgery they were going to give God a chance to heal him. I told him that that must take a great deal of faith. He asked me didn't I believe in healing? I said that I believed God works in many ways, and that most of what we call "miracles" happen as we look back at them. He agreed, and said that he was still going to pray for healing but that he was also going to go back to the doctor for a second round of tests. I told him it was good to have faith, and it was good to pray for healing, but if God wants to heal us, it's probably best to allow Him to pick the means by which we'll receive that healing.