Prayer Vigil Today
There is no noticeable fear amidst the plants in a garden. This is good since the only results I see from fear are not so good.
We honored three homicide victims today. The prayer vigil was at a site of grandmother who was asleep Sunday morning with her three grandchildren. Guns were fired into the house. She grabbed her grandchildren and went to the floor. It was a fearful situation. After the gunfire ceased she got up to take a look at what had happened. She fell to the floor again, this time with a fatal heart attack.
After the prayer vigil I was with a group of persons in a prayer group. Two of the persons in the group are dying and are in hospice care. They both know they are going to die but are not afraid. In fact both of them expressed appreciation for life.
The grandmother who had a heart attack was a person of faith. Her pastor and others spoke of what a wonderful singer she was in the church, and together we sang the spiritual that was the last one she sang at Church. The gunfire might have caused her heart attack, but according to family and friends she was fearless.
Jesus in the Gospels constantly tells his followers to “Be Not Afraid”. This is hard, living in a world full of fear. But like the plants in the garden, my friends near death, or the woman protecting her grandchildren, to live life fully we must face death and Be Not Afraid.
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