My dear friend Sarah responded to my recent request and has written a “Faith in Fruition” I was so blessed to see it at the top of my email when I arrived home. I know you too will be blessed by her words

Sarah’s input for Faith in Fruition…

My grandpa died in July of this year. During that time I had voiced some thoughts to Jami who asked if I would share in her Faith in Fruition.

My grandpa was a rock, a very strong Christian, a stable base for our family and others that he took under his wing. He had already been through cancer twice when he found out he had bone cancer. No treatment can actually treat this kind. It can only help him live longer, maybe. Also, it is the most painful kind. Grandpa and Grandma decided against undergoing any treatment since the treatments might have extended his life but they cause a lot of bad side effects. He tried to balance his pain medicine so that he would be coherent, so that meant that he was always in pain. However, Grandpa did not just lay back and wait to either be healed or to go Home. He continued to minister to others until the end and here’s a few examples that pricked my heart. He went to the senior home to spend time with and share the love of his Lord to his daughter’s father-in-law, who has always been a miserable man. Even though Grandpa was in a lot of pain, he always had the heart of God to reach out to people, even someone that others had given up on. Grandpa ended up in the hospital because he was having a hard time breathing since the cancer was filling up his lungs. During one of the last times I spent with him, he told me to always remember that “God is good, Sarah…All the time!” Later my mom (his daughter-in-law), one of my brothers, and some friends were visiting him. They prayer together before the visit was over. After each had prayed, Grandpa lifted his voice toward Heaven with the passion of God’s heart that had become his own. He prayed that they would all focus on reaching the lost for the Lord! Wow!!!

As I thought about Grandpa’s life, I looked at my own. Do I have cancer? Am I in a ton of pain, constantly? Am I fighting to breath? NO…to all the above. I look at all Grandpa was going through and how he still kept his focus on the Lord. Then I look at myself and think “What am I doing for the Lord?”

Lord, help me to focus on You, so we can become great friends like you are with Grandpa. I want to figure out Your purpose for me and excel in your plans. Help me to be like my grandpa and say “God is good…all the time.” Amen!