Lecture 1 reflection

The lecturer was sharing about how her husband suffered a brain tumour and how the operation was unsuccessful which resulted in the husband being a “vegetable”. She was in and out of hospital day and night for an entire month during that time. After two years, he finally passed away. She mentioned that If a counsellor doesn’t go through stress and loss, they won’t know how their patients feel. It made me think about how I often think that it’s difficult for me to comfort friends whose parents are unwell and how I often have difficult praying for healing for people too…

I guess God has a funny sense of humour, maybe I am put through this situation now so I will be more complete in my ministry for God.. Maybe at the end of all these, I will know better what to say and do for people who have loved ones who are unwell, or who are unwell themselves.. We never know, can we? I am just trusting that God knows what is going to happen at the end of it all and work all things for his higher purpose.
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