My Prayer Today

I want to do something different with this blog post. I want to say a prayer...a prayer for my cousin. His name is Robert Garza. At this point in time he is at the Mainland Hospital in Texas City, Texas. There are a lot of patients there who all have their own ailments, some worse than his.

Robert suffers from failed Kidneys. He must undergo dialysis three times a week. That has been the easy part. For the past year or so, Robert has had to endure one medical operation after another over the inserts that the dialysis uses to siphon and pump his blood through. They have incurred infection after infection which just will not go away. Now he also has pneumonia and has been admitted to the Mainland Hospital for yet another operation. Through it all he endures and with a smile. He prays for us of all things.

Dear God,

I know we are not on the best of terms, but we understand one another. My cousin has done no wrong in his life other than be your servant and love those around him. I know the two of you talk from time to time. Still, you have had him suffer from encephalitis at an early age, physical abnormality in his legs, being beaten black and blue by a white man who knew he could not defend himself, the loneliness from not having a normal life, the burden of caring for his ailing mother and still his devotion to you has been unwaivering.

There are so many of us, lord, that are not half of what he is in terms of goodness. Yet you allow us to flourish. To me this is wrong. He deserves more. I only ask that if you can, take some from me and give to him so that he might be stronger in the flesh. I believe he offers the world more than I. Perhaps he suffers so others may live better lives...I don't know. But, I do know that he deserves more.

So I ask you God, to help him, to heal him, to love him as I do. I ask you because it is all I have that I can do for him now. I ask because he would not ask for himself. This is my prayer, Lord. I know he is in your hands and you will care for him. I ask for this anyway. There are not many that can touch hearts and we need all those we can get.

Thank you, Lord for listening to my prayer. Thank you...Amen.

I would appreciate any good thoughts or prayers to be sent our way. God bless you for that and my heartfelt thanks.