Yesterday Fiona and I got our #3 COVID shot; I wanted to get mine out of the way before chemo started and now that's done. Need a PCR test tomorrow afternoon as well.
Let me tell you though about our fabulous pharmacist Kev, a friend from Christ Church Gladesville years ago. He became a Christian there and in his spare time learnt Hebrew, just because he wanted to read the Old Testament a bit better. He knows of my cancer diagnosis and wanted to hear the latest. Being a typically efficient pharmacist he was able to do that whilst simultaneously giving both Fi and me a COVID booster each (Moderna), explaining that research showed that most negative vaccine effects had occurred amongst young men who had had their shots too close together, reassuring us about side-effects and giving us his family news as well.
The unexpected and blessed element was that after our COVID shots he offered to pray for us, and he did pray for us, asking for God's care and healing and entrusting us into the hands of our heavenly Father. He is a busy man, running a pharmacy and—as are so many health professionals—over-run by COVID matters, yet he took the time to do this.
We have many lovely Christian medical friends and we have seen some professionally over many years. Prayer has never been a part of the expected service, but on this occasion we accepted with gratitude and thankfulness this encouragement from a brother in Christ. And really, if Jesus is our great healer—as Isaiah 53:5 teaches us—then what could be more fitting than such a humble prayer, acknowledging in the act the limitations of human medicine?
From Handel's Messiah, here is Isaiah 53:5 set to music.
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Praise God for Kev. Isn't that awesome. God has given you some great encouragers.
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