My good friend Terry J stopped in last week and we talked for a good two hours. She mentioned something about writing a book, I laughed and told her another friend Kim had suggested I write a book about the many lives I had contact with through my ministry. Terry agreed and she told me about so many encounters we had over the years and the things she had learned from me. I told her it would be hard for me to write since so many of the things I tell people are relative to what we are speaking about in their lives and not just academic or theoretical ideas.
She said she had told her husband that she needed to write me "A Love Letter" about how I had impacted her life over the years. He suggested that she do it and so she told me she was going to. She plans to ask others to do the same thing. I think it would be good to hear from people about how God has affected their lives through my ministry. Perhaps a book would come from the experiences. However, as Terry said one of her friends said not to have me write a book because I know so much about them all. I promised not to reveal any personal secrets!!!!!!
The idea reminded me of a book I have often referred cancer patients to: "Lessons from the School of Suffering." It is a book written by a young priest from Cincinnati who was dying from renal cancer. He tells about the lessons he learned in his last two years as he fought the cancer that had entered his life. I have gone back and read it again from a new perspective as a cancer patient. Many good lessons to learn from his work.
Who knows what God may call upon us to do in our times of suffering?
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