Tell Someone Who Cares

By Carole O’Hara

I awoke in the middle of the night in pain.  I started to pray for healing for my pain and high blood sugar level.  When I began to pray, a voice inside me said, "Tell Someone Who Cares!"  It shocked me.  So, I started to think....who does care?

  Mentally I started the list: God, Jesus, the Virgin Mary, Mother Teresa, John Paul II, Sr Mary Jo Kennedy, my husband, my children, friends and relatives. I named each one by name, living and deceased.  As the list grew and grew, I fell asleep.

  Next morning, I shared this experience with my husband.  As we were talking, I realized there are a lot of people who care about me; but, it is important for me to care about myself, too.  I pray for others and ask prayers for myself, but I’m not necessarily praying for myself.  After all, there are many others who suffer and some are far worse off than I am, in far more pain and have less support of friends and family  My heart and prayers go out to them. Then it came to me that I cared about me, too.

I asked myself, "What is God trying to say to me?" I turned to the Bible and the answer became clear in the writings of St. Paul.

In 2 Cor 1:3-7: "Praise be to …the Father of Compassion and the God of all Comfort, who comforts me in all my troubles, so that I can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort I myself have received from God."

God is telling me that He has compassion for me and comforts me so that I might be there for someone else in need.

  In Philippians 1:6: "He that began a good work in me will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ."

God is telling me, "You are mine.  I love you.  I send a comforter. In your pain and distress you are comforted, which builds in you patient endurance."

  In Ephesians 3:20-21: "Now to him who is able to do immeasurable more than all we ask or imagine according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever!  Amen."

God is telling me that in my pain and suffering I still have worth. He uses my weakness for his glory.  In my weakness He is strong and continues to heal and answer prayers for those I pray for.

In Philippians 4:13: "I can do everything through him who gives me strength."

  God is telling me that I am never alone. He cares for me. And, I care for you ♥