grieving losses at a remote mission hospital
"Dear friends, He is not slow in keeping His promises As some understand slowness to be Keep a watch out, don't lose faith, He said, He would come for you He's gonna come for you, you wait and see, just wait and see" ~ Charlie Peacock This song came to me like a serendipitous meeting with an old friend. In 1990 I listened to this song on repeat. I played it on my dad's car cassette player as I drove solo to and from my high school youth group. I got to drive my dad's car more often at that time because he wasn't using it much during the 7 weeks he was in the cancer ICU ward of Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas (silver lining!). It was a grievous time in my life as I stared my dad's mortality square in the face. I wrestled with my faith and angrily demanded of God to just fix Dad and let us go on with life already! I was weak and heartsick from seeing needles and chemo bags and a bloated father listless on a narrow hospital bed. My father was 38 and...