I woke up at 2:00 AM this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep. The first thing that popped into my head was that it’s Good Friday. It’s a day when we remember how Jesus died on the cross to redeem us from our sins. I can’t even imagine the pain and suffering he went through that day.
The one thing that keeps running through my mind is how Jesus kept saying to his Father, “Not my will, but thine be done.” Jesus was feeling the pain. He wasn’t on that cross as a display. He was feeling the suffering his body had been subjected to. He could have complained and said he didn’t want to do this anymore, but instead he remained faithful, he suffered and died…for us.
I think about how I often complain about my minor aches and pains. I sometimes struggle with the fact that I’m going through this battle with Myasthenia Gravis, but it’s nothing compared to the pain and suffering our Savior went through for us.
I don’t know why God is allowing MG to happen to me. I know he could cure me in an instant if he wanted to. I believe it’s part of his plan, for reasons I will probably never understand. It’s not up to me to question. It’s up to me to believe and stay strong in my faith. It’s up to me to say, “Thy will be done.”
I also believe that God is sharing his strength with you, to help you through.
When I become down, I turn to my faith. I know God is with me. I can see his footsteps in the sand walking beside me. That gives me strength.
When I wake up at 2:00 AM and can’t stop thinking about how Christ suffered on the cross for us, that gives me strength.
When I write these blogs and share my faith with you, that gives me strength.
I realize there are people who read my blogs who are of faiths different from mine. I also realize there are people who read my blogs that don’t believe in God at all. I don’t write to offend anyone. I write to share what works for me, and what works for me is my faith in God.
I am absolutely 100% certain that one day I will be with God. Nothing that happens here on earth is as important to me as that. I can and will endure whatever is coming because God will be with me the entire way.
I believe for now, the job that God has given me, is to try to help others with MG, to provide them with inspiration and hope. I choose to use my faith to do that.
On this Good Friday, I hope you take the time to recognize the sacrifice that was made when God sent his Son to die for us. It’s a solemn time, but our solemness need not last long. Just as the scriptures said, He rose again conquering sin and death and He will come again to take those who believe home.
Home…where there is no pain, no suffering, no MG, no dementia, no cancer, no heart disease. Home…to be with Him forever.
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