Count your blessings and name them one by one.
What vivid memory of blessing can you recall this pandemic? Let me share with you a personal story of hope using the bridge and the bridge builders analogy.
When my mother died in 2019, I became the caregiver of my sister who has a medical condition. She was suffering from Achalasia. It is a rare disorder that makes it difficult for food and liquid to pass from the swallowing tube connecting your mouth and esophagus into your stomach, according to Mayo Clinic.
Usually, this condition has complications with the lungs and stomach. Acid reflux which causes frequent coughing could end up in pneumonia if not attended well.
As the pandemic started in 2020, things became alarming since her achalasia symptoms are some of the obvious symptoms of COVID-19 cases. I became restless and worried for her and for my own family. I remember being clueless about the steps I have to take to move forward.
I am the God-sent bridge to help my sister.
Praying to God as a FATHER is my usual response to life’s challenges. Specifically, I asked God for wisdom, healing, and provision in the case of my sister. Looking back, I saw how God met these needs through the bridge and the builders he sent to me in the middle of the pandemic.
One time, a friend of mine invited me to conduct an assessment and give a talk on personality. Before the talk, the members of the group shared their current concerns and updates in life. One member who spoke is a gastroenterologist at the Philippine Chinese General Hospital. As he narrating what he is doing with his patients, I started to feel the answer of God to my prayer.
I said to myself, “this is the doctor we badly needed, this is God’s answer!” The rest is a story of grace. We received more than his excellent service but assurance that we are in good hands. The doctor was the bridge and my friend was the builder. Both were God-sent.
God also passed through his provisional blessing through my husband’s friend. That time his friend wants to help the family of a minister who has medical concerns. She didn’t know at that time that I needed help. The financial obligation for my sister’s medical expenses was all taken care of through the builder (my husband) and the bridge (his friend).
We need many bridge builders especially in this time of pandemic where many people need to cross from desperation to hope, from hunger to being fed, from anxiety to peace of mind. Anybody can be a bridge-builder by being
● sensitive to the needs of others if you have the capacity to meet it;
● by having the willingness to give and sacrifice for others;
● believing that one small or big act of kindness can make a big difference to others;
I remember how our heavenly Father became the great bridge-builder to all humanity. Upon seeing our desperate needs, he was motivated by love for us that he was willing to sacrifice his son to die just to meet our spiritual needs.
His Son Jesus Christ was the bridge himself that whoever crossed him will experience a big difference in his life. He promised a bridge that connects death to life.
On this special day of the fathers, let us celebrate having A heavenly Father who is the greatest bridge builder to all his children. Happy father’s day.
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