Outpouring of my heart

My heavenly Father,

I come to you today with a heavy heart and begging you to hear my prayer for my sister who needs you this hour. I knew of her condition but I didn't know the severity of the condition and after seeing her in the hospital after having a stroke, my faith is not gone but truly weakened.
From this situation, I'm learning more and more of the importance of taking time out to talk to people and not to take for granted one moment the time that we will have with one another. Please, my Father, not for me but for her son, heal and restore her health. She is a mighty woman of God that adds great value to the kingdom of God and still has more work to do. Please let this opportunity be a witness and a testimony to the doctors and the nurses that will work with her to see your glory revealed when she is totally restored. I trust you to do just that and believe to share the testimony of her healing. Lord, I thank you. And I believe that it is done, in Jesus' name. Amen.

This prayer was written for a dear sister of mine that is in the hospital in ICU. I went to see her yesterday and to take her a rose because she was heavily on my heart. I had not clue, even though I called the hospital to make sure that she could have visitors, that only immediate family was allowed in. I was, however, able to see her through a window to her room. There was some hope when I saw her moving her legs but I was really hurt to see my friend laying there and I couldn't talk to her or hug her.
Our friendship has a lot of meaning because when I first met her, we used to walk past one another and never speak. And it was two years ago that I asked he is she knew where I could find a phone to call my husband and she let me use hers. From then on, we talked and she was a great encouragement for me. At one point, I hadn't heard from her and that was when I learned that she battles with sickle cell anemia from time to time and her crises come often. She is such a fighter and when I wouldn't hear from her, she would call me and tell me that why I haven't heard from her is because she was dealing with another crises. Her struggles with these crises have caused her to want to give up but I'm glad that she continues to fight and hang in there. I truly thank God for allowing me to look past my own selfish thoughts and to open the door for me to meet a jewel that I've found in my sister. This has taught me to really learn to love on people like it's nobody's business because we don't know what people are going through, what pains they are fighting against, and what they deal with when they're alone.

If you see someone that you may think is unapproachable, take a chance and love on them... you never know, they may be the best friend that you ever will have. My dear friend and sister is from West Africa and through her I've met her beautifully sweet family. And know that when she pulls through this, we're going to talk and rejoice over God's goodness. Thank you for letting me share and pour out my heart.

God bless you...