That old adage “One person’s trash is another’s treasure” will ring so very true for a former co-worker next weekend. My company is hosting a multi-vendor yard sale to raise funds for the mounting medical bills of a cancer victim, and to support the fight against cancer in general. My associates have been bringing in their “stuff” for over a month, filling up our warehouse, in hopes of generating a lot of money for this family. A special shout-out to Carrie Baker and Wendy Martin for their very hard work organizing and publicizing this event. You gals rock!
As I sort through and price my former treasures, I can’t help but say a prayer for the co-worker’s husband and ask God to give Tom healing, strength and comfort. One of the writers of the Psalms tells us this: Our comfort in our suffering is this: Your (God’s) promise preserves our life.
I know that it’s extremely hard to hear these words, believer in Christ or not, when you or a loved one are suffering terribly. But it is a very real comfort when others reach out to help those suffering or in need. So, here on earth we do what we can, in His name or not, to ease another’s burden, while our Father in heaven does hear the cries of His suffering children and comforts them in ways we don’t know.
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