These two ladies, both handicapped and in their seventies live in an HDB flat. We make it a point to visit them just before their birthdays and on special occasions, like Christmas or Chinese New Year. It's a ministry we feel the Lord wants us to do. We talked about the good old days, recalled names of our many friends many of them already promoted to Glory. Yes, we were there to pray with them. People who are housebound appreciate all the more when visitors call.
I am reminded of Chaucer in his Prologue to Canterbury tales,
"Wide was his parish, with houses far asunder,
Yet he neglected not in rain or thunder,
In sickness or in trouble, to pay call
On the remotest whether great or small
Upon his feet, and in the hand a stave..."
Chaucer lived in different times and under different circumstances. He had no computer, knew nothing about e-mail and Facebook. Chaucer praised the 'poor parson' a diligent and devoted under-shepherd of the Good Shepherd Himself. He did not have a chance to fly overseas for a holiday or even a car to go for a picnic. He stayed home. There was no temptation to sit all day doing Facebook or twitter.
"He stayed at home and watched over his fold
So that no wolf should make the sheep miscarry.
He was shepherd and no mercenary."
Amen to that! My wife and I were cadets in the Shepherds Session. At heart we are still under-shepherds accountable to the Great Shepherd, Jesus Christ.
As long as the Lord gives us strength, physical, spiritual and mental,we'll continue with this ministry to give expression to God's love.
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