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Video Reflection on Dying #4--GOD IS HEALING ME THROUGH ALS! (part 3)
Claude LeBlanc NOTE: I'm writing these reflections on the lessens learned during my life as I face death due to ALS at the request of my children, but I thought there might be something for others to benefit from. My hope is that you will be blessed by the blessings of my life.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
In my previous two reflections, I shared some of the ways God is healing me through ALS, including spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, and socially. This time, I want to share the profound effect this divine healing has had on me. In many ways, I am changed; I am a new man.
First, spiritually. To be honest, I’ve always struggled with prayer. I haven’t been very devotional, and the time I make for prayer can often be described as a constant distraction. I’ve never been able to completely “turn off” my mind and just sit quietly with God, no matter how hard I’ve tried. Yet, during the past year, I’ve come to believe that I am, in fact, unconditionally loved by God, and my effort, not the outcome (which is dependent on God anyway), is the point of prayer. Emotionally, psychologically, and socially, I’ve changed from being mostly introverted into becoming an extrovert. I wasn’t one to hug others, and now I am embracing them. I hesitated answering phone calls, but now, I am making them. I write and send several cards and notes each week, while I used to almost never send them. I very rarely went out of my way to meet and welcome others, but now I’m entertaining or visiting someone almost every day.
These things have happened to me; I have done nothing intentionally to change them. They are God’s healing of the wounds I’ve lived with all my life. I rarely feel or notice the wounds anymore, and when I do, short prayers like the Jesus prayer, or a prayer like “Jesus, I trust in You, You take over” help immediately. Healing has happened alongside my disease. That’s why I often say, ALS means Always Lean on the Spirit. In my next reflection, I’ll share how I’ve learned to deal with the frustrations of my disease with HOPE—H for Honesty, O for Openness, and PE for patient endurance. Until next time, may God bless you!
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