«Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me»
(John 14:1).
MARGARITA SAID GOODBYE to her son José Miguel without suspecting what he would have to go through very soon after. The young man had decided to go live in Miami in the United States to seek new personal and professional opportunities. However, the only thing he found was a tragic diagnosis: cancer in an advanced stage. The metastasis had already gone through part of his body, so Margarita traveled from Honduras to Miami to take care of him and give him the love and support he needed. Her presence filled him with hope and faith in God. Ille most important thing she did was to pray, fast, and speak to him about the gospel. José Miguel was not a Christian, but in the crisis of his disease, he accepted Jesus as his personal Savior. was a great comfort for a mother who placed her hope in God.
The struggle that José Miguel faced lasted eight months. Even though his passage through this life was very short, it was beneficial because he accepted Jesus. Margarita remembers perfectly well that moment when she left for the funeral home where she kept vigil over her son’s body. From the outside, it seems like one of so many stories in which God seems to be absent, but by taking a closer glance, it is possible to appreciate just the opposite. When Margarita asked for health for her son, she received something much greater: his eternal salvation.
I am a witness that Margarita has received the best thing: the peace of God. I know it, not only because she told me, but because I myself have been able to see it on her serene face and in that beautiful smile that lights up her face when she tells me her story while she cuts my hair. A halo of light seems to surround her and I could not describe with words the peace that shines in her serene eyes while she talks with me. I also want to have that peace of God that surpasses all understanding and guards my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus (see Philippians 4:7); that peace that is impossible to understand because it casts out the natural worry that comes from a painful situation.
Dear friend, do not worry about anything, but make your petition known to God in every prayer and plea with thanksgiving, and the peace of God—that peace that comes from a life of prayer —will guard your heart (see Philippians 4:6, 7). It is a promise of the Holy Scriptures.
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Take From: Daily Devotions for Women’s 2020
«One Day at a Time»
From: Patricia Muñoz Bertozzi
Collaborators: Lorina Maya & Magda Sanz T
