GOD WITH US

It was after some months that I went to the hospital yesterday. I was amazed, as always, to see the number of people who were present there. The crowd increases day by day. Infact the number of departments, the number of super-specialty wards, consultants, all are growing by leaps and bounds! It's a mixed sign - both good and bad- about the human condition. Good because we have lots and lots of progress to see in the field of medicine. Bad because the number of sick and diseased(and the types of diseases) are increasing at a scary rate! Anyway, whenever I visit the hospital, I feel it is a DIFFERENT WORLD all together. with its painful reality of suffering people and families. Yesterday too this feeling of being in a claustrophobic world gripped me. Yet amidst the gnawing feeling of fear and grief, I felt the presence of God. I could feel serenity and even rest. I felt the Lord speaking to me in the words of Psalm 23 - When you walk through the valley of death, I will be with you. I knew he was asking me not to be afraid but to trust in his love and protection. He is with me...even in the deepest darkness. He is with all of us...each one of us...only if we would just stop looking around and would look inside! He lives and loves you and me...He is with us everywhere....even in the hospital....even when we are alone...and suffering...Just dare to believe..