Sometimes you get to the point where you hate to answer the phone. Someone raising money, and another to sell you something. But the call Suzanne is really tired of is from a friend or family member who says they have cancer.

That call came in again this week from Suzanne’s oldest and dearest Cissna Park friend. This friend accepted her into her life when Suzanne was new to the community; shared her family with ours; traveled to quilting events together; cried as they each lost parents; and was one of Suzanne’s biggest prayer warriors when she was struggling.

Now her fate rests in the hands of doctors, nurses, specialists, and countless others. Each tries to apply the skills and knowledge they have to cure this special person. But Suzanne will tell you, it takes more than just doctors, it also takes that special touch from a power greater than we can understand.

Suzanne believes that there were more hands in her operating room than just Dr. A’s. Someone was guiding his hands through that fourteen-hour tedious and intense procedure, and it’s those hands we need to call upon again to help save Suzanne’s friend

So in the coming days, weeks, and months, whenever you bow your head and give thanks for all the greatness around you, drop the hint to the one you are talking with that Suzanne’s friend could use a little extra healing touch.

Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones

Proverbs 12:18