Words for when there are no words

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 A man I have known my whole adult life was recently found to have cancer.  Shortly thereafter he suffered a stroke.  The prognosis is not good.  And this man has had his share of bad news over the years and to know him would be to think of him as a decent and upright man and to not understand why such a terrible thing could happen to such a man as him.

I also know this man to be a Christian because I was there the night he made that profession of faith.  Me, being me, was being a "martha" at the moment it happened but I was in the auditorium when he came forward.  I couldn't have been happier then.  I'm still happy for that now.

We all need Jesus.  My brother in Christ will need Jesus to see him through this trial even if it means at the end of this illness, he will go home to be with Jesus.  I know that either way, this man wins.  It's hard to express that to someone who doesn't share a belief in Christ like that though.  He's dying and it cannot be a good thing.  in fact, right now, I have no words to express my shock and sorrow at this sudden change in this man's life.  I don't understand it.  I can't.  But what I can do is trust the promises of God and stand by the comfort I have in knowing that in the end, my friend wins by going home to be with the Lord.  

God's word is sufficient for us when we don't have words to speak on our own.  And understanding that is a comfort in itself.  

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