I was touched by Deacon Sherman’s homily
one Sunday. He was sharing about his life stories on his faith life as a
Deacon, a husband and a father.
He surrendered his life to God 2 years ago
by becoming a full time Deacon. Came from a good education and career
background, he gave up his high pay Doctorate salary to become a Deacon. He
encountered and felt the pain when it was time for his wife to give birth.
With the low allowance he is getting, his
wife was willing to enter the government hospital in which he could only
afford. Just as he entered the hospital,
he could not take it to see his wife lying in the hospital bed together with
hundreds of other patients in the 3rd class ward. To him, it was no
difference than the refugee camp.
His heart sank. He could not take it to let
his wife to live in this way. As a loving husband, all he wanted is to give the
best for his wife and family. Deacon Sherman was in despair and he questioned
God is this how God to treat him this way afterall that he is willing to sacrifice
for God and to take up his cross. He could not let his family to suffer for his
sake. He rushed to seek for transfer to move his
wife to at least 2nd class but there’s no room available unless he
is willing to take up 1st class where there’s only 1 place left.
Deacon Sherman was in concern on the price as he would not afford to pay. Out
of desperation, he took up the 1st class.
As the weekend passed by, he received a
token from a group of parishioners that they wanted to give some small offering
to him. He was surprised to find that the token was exactly the amount of his
wife’s medical bill. At that moment, he was so grateful to God for answering
his prayers.
Deacon’s sharing was just another story how
God showed his love for us. It is not easy to follow Christ but it is through
his sharing that God is telling me he will not let us go astray if we chose to
follow Him.
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