What Health Insurance Crisis?
February 25, 2010 by Cynthia Ruchti
Filed under Daily Devotions, Life Topics
My father-in-law no longer worries about health care issues, the state of the economy, or global warming. He doesn’t fret about bulging landfills or neighborhood crime. Even the cost of prescription drugs has lost its ability to rattle him. He doesn’t worry about anything.
He died three weeks ago.
My husband’s father left his worries with the shell of his body when he was welcomed into heaven and into the arms of the God he trusted with his life and his eternity.
As it does with most of us, facing the death of a loved one sobered us to the realities of the things that are worth worrying about. It’s a short list.
In ill health for many years, he rarely had what we might call a good day. At his memorial service, his pastor said, “Whenever I saw him and would ask, ‘How are you doing?’ he always answered, ‘Oh, I hurt.’”
We family members sitting in the front row knew that to be true. We heard those words often.
The pastor took a breath and continued. “The next time I ask him how he’s doing, he’s going to say, ‘Glorious!’”
The Bible tells us that the suffering of this present world is not worthy to be compared to the glory to come.
All the concerns that might have occupied my father-in-law’s attention are gone, blinded by the Light of the Presence of God. In an instant, health care, the economy, and the cost of Lipitor became moot points for him. All he thinks about anymore is Jesus.
PRAYER: Lord, I want to start now, losing my cares and concerns in the blinding Light. Help me keep the “frettables” of this life in perspective in light of the nearness of eternity.
“The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us,” Romans 8:18 KJV.
Today’s devotional is by Cynthia Ruchti, writer/producer of THE HEARTBEAT OF THE HOME radio ministry and president of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). Cynthia’s debut novel—They Almost Always Come Home—releases with Abingdon Press May 1, 2010–http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtZb0by984g. Cynthia writes stories of Hope-that-glows-in-the-dark (www.cynthiaruchti.com).
Cynthia Ruchti writes and produces the 15 minute radio broadcast, The Heartbeat of the Home. She's the author of They Almost Always Come Home (Abingdon Press Fiction) and "The Heart's Harbor" in A Door County Christmas novella collection (Barbour Publishing). She's one of four authors of the devotional collection His Grace is Sufficient...Decaf is Not (Summerside Press). She serves as Professional Relations Liaison for American Christian Fiction Writers and speaks for women's events and writing groups. Cynthia writes stories of Hope-that-glows-in-the-dark. www.cynthiaruchti.com
That was Good,Ican hardly wait to see Jesus myself.