It was a beautiful Tuesday for me for certain. One I’ll never forget. Just like when the little boy and his mom saw me at Dr. Showalter’s office and then by sheer luck ran into me at the water fountain inside North Park Mall as he gave me his lucky penny with a prayer included. I don’t care who you are when you’re on a Stage 4 journey….its the human contacts which keep you going along with your own inner faith.
So I now finish the last fifteen minutes of my workouts on the basketball court. Five minutes of dribbling, five minutes of passing, and five minutes of shooting just around the arc of the free throwline. I still can’t shoot threes yet. I’ll get there.
So today I was finishing up and this woman walked up to me and said, ” I’ve been watching you in here for awhile. You’ve come a long way…a long way. What’s your story?”
So I told her my story.
She then asked, ” Would you mind if I prayed for you right here?”
I said, ” No…not at all. Please do.”
She took my hand and prayed for me to never surrender my faith and belief. To not give up.”
And then she turned and said while walking away, ” Keep up the good work, Mike. Don’t give up.”
And that was the best part of a beautiful Tuesday I’ll never forget.
“I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail.” Luke 22:32
Peace, Mike J