theweakerbrother
Grandmaster
Man, I just had to share this with the group. Yesterday, I went to Centerville, IN to witness my sister-in-law tie the knot. I met a lot of people there who I did not know and my father-in-law introduced me to a name named Mike Combs. Mike has a form of leukemia that is allegedly easy to retreat but it keeps coming back every year and a half or so. He is in year six or seven of his battle. He's doing well so lately and is a really good guy. I bring this up for two reasons.
I petition to everyone who has a moment to pray for Mike that this will be his last round of chemo and that it will be a successful round of chemo.
I'm not a real emotional kind of guy. I'm pretty arrogant and it is really hard to get me to be serious for more than 30 seconds because I hate its awkwardness. Anyway, when Mike introduced himself to me yesterday, he said he was glad to finally meet me. I asked him how he had heard of me and he said that my father-in-law put my name on their church's prayer request list as soon as they found out I had issues with my own health. He said that a burden had been on my heart and he has been praying for me for about a year and a half.
Man, say what you want about being bitter, jaded, cynical or sardonic... all of the things I commonly associate myself with... but that kind of attitude is humbling.
When I was moping about being sick back in Jan of 09, Mike called me and left me a voice mail saying that he didn't know me but that he was praying for me. He didn't mention his own struggle, he didn't give any flowery words... just his name and his purpose for the call. "Hi, this is Mike. You don't know me but I'm praying for you and your wife." Believe it or not, I saved that voicemail and listened to it a couple of times when I was feeling pretty blue last year.
In hindsight, I probably should have answered that phone call.
Or maybe not. I don't know. I shook Mike's hand a couple of times, shoot the breeze with him and he introduced his wife to me. One thing I do know, I'll be praying for Mike and his family. When you have a moment, do the same for him. Thanks.
I petition to everyone who has a moment to pray for Mike that this will be his last round of chemo and that it will be a successful round of chemo.
I'm not a real emotional kind of guy. I'm pretty arrogant and it is really hard to get me to be serious for more than 30 seconds because I hate its awkwardness. Anyway, when Mike introduced himself to me yesterday, he said he was glad to finally meet me. I asked him how he had heard of me and he said that my father-in-law put my name on their church's prayer request list as soon as they found out I had issues with my own health. He said that a burden had been on my heart and he has been praying for me for about a year and a half.
Man, say what you want about being bitter, jaded, cynical or sardonic... all of the things I commonly associate myself with... but that kind of attitude is humbling.
When I was moping about being sick back in Jan of 09, Mike called me and left me a voice mail saying that he didn't know me but that he was praying for me. He didn't mention his own struggle, he didn't give any flowery words... just his name and his purpose for the call. "Hi, this is Mike. You don't know me but I'm praying for you and your wife." Believe it or not, I saved that voicemail and listened to it a couple of times when I was feeling pretty blue last year.
In hindsight, I probably should have answered that phone call.
Or maybe not. I don't know. I shook Mike's hand a couple of times, shoot the breeze with him and he introduced his wife to me. One thing I do know, I'll be praying for Mike and his family. When you have a moment, do the same for him. Thanks.
