Sammy's Writings

My Parkinson's (Page 2)

Parkinson's: Curse or Blessing

"It hasn’t deterred my love for God. My love for my wife and family is still intact, and even stronger."

"It hasn’t broken my spirit, neither has it wiped out my desire to be used in the service of the Lord, even if that service takes me in a new direction."

My Dad had Parkinson’s the final years of his 95 year life. He taught me many things in life, by word and example. His life was one of faith and trust in the Lord God. He never waffled, wavered, nor staggered, at the promises of God. He knew God had the power to heal him of Parkinson’s - - or anything else, but he was wise enough to know that, like Jesus, as He walked this “vale of tears and sorrow,” we learn obedience by the things we suffer.

Just prior to his passing, Daddy didn’t know me, but I knew he still had a solid grip on the Almighty, and that the Almighty had a far greater grip on him.

He began learning ‘how to live’ in 1929 when he gave his life to Christ. In his long journey from the Nazarene Church in Hot Springs, Arkansas that night to his “home-going” April 26, 1999 in South Carolina, he also learned how that, as God gives grace to live, He also gives grace to die!

How do I cope with this momentary affliction? By walking with the Lord, by His grace, and remembering the things that are eternal, and never change. In the Book of God there are these immortal words: “I am the Lord God, and I do not change!”