Unbearable

Oh, sighed Hannah - in the past few weeks, she had been feeling a bit off. She had a lump in her throat that came and went, and there were times when her throat felt constricted, as if it was being squeezed by an invisible hand. 

It's absolutely nothing she felt and got dressed and went off to work in the restaurant next door - in her usual nice manner, being extremely beautiful in nature to all the customers - everyone loved Hannah.

As the day wore on, her throat worsened, and the discomfort was unbearable - she kept working. Her throat was scratchy, and a rough sort of feeling seemed to worsen as the day progressed.

She experienced a stinging and burning sensation, particularly when swallowing or speaking.

She ended up with a dull aching sensation which kept turning into a sharp, intense discomfort in her poor old throat. There was tenderness when she touched her neck as well.

She didn't want to go to the doctor! BUT she did. She was so helped.

What do you do in this situation?? Do you go to a doctor?? Some people in some countries can't go to a doctor - I think of the many, many people overseas in so many war-torn countries that can't seek any sort of medical help at all. It is really bad news.

Many people have and are suffering all sorts of horrible and even terminal illnesses, and can't do anything about it.

Living in countries that have medical help available is truly wonderful. Our neighbour recently went to have just a normal check-up, and his doctor advised him that he had the start of cancer and advised that an operation was necessary straight away.

I feel so sad when I consider so many people the world over can't have access to medical help at all - we are truly blessed, just as Hannah would have been.

Hearing the news last night, I was again shocked at the disasters around the world happening every single day, from tornadoes to hurricanes, from alarming murders to kidnappings, from horrendous car crashes to shootings by the score.

I am just in awe that we live in an area where toothaches, sore throats, and broken toes can be remedied by doctors, whereas throughout the world, so many thousands of people are going through absolute hell - no doctors - no medical treatment - homelessness (which we have here as well) and yet where we live we are incredibly blessed.

You know, Jesus went through absolute hell Himself while he was here on earth - He was ridiculed, spat on, beaten, whipped, crucified, nailed to a cross, laughed at as he died, and yet he did it for you and he did it for me.

He took our sins even though we weren't even born yet and killed them for us by His horrible death on that cruel cross. Sometimes I find His death amazingly sad yet amazingly courageous - He is our Lord and King, and there is nothing that can take that away.

Today, it is often so hard to stand up for God - there are so many countries in the world that not only ridicule Christians but torture and kill many thousands who stand up for Jesus and believe in His holy name.

He has prepared a place for us or for those who come to Him, confessing their sins and asking Him to come into their life and change them.

Come to Him today - hand your life over to Him - the world itself is going downwards at a rate of knots, and yet our Lord is amazingly there for us every single second of every single day.

Have a good week, regardless of what is happening around us.

God bless - see you next time.