Over the past couple of days (...and coming days), I've found that my chaplaincy ministry requires me to be available to others who are finding themselves in 'grief support mode'! Don't get me wrong, it is both an immense personal privilege and spiritually-sensitive opportunity to journey with, and reach out to, others in their time of deep personal need.
An email received this afternoon from an officer friend in New Zealand included the following urgent request for prayer support concerning Commissioner Hillmon Buckingham.
Our dear friend, Commissioner Hillmon Buckingham, is in intensive care in the public hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. He is 2 weeks post-op from major cancer surgery and has had complications. He is at the end of his "hoarded resources", exhausted and weak, and I assured his wife, Lorraine, that we would "storm the courts of heaven" on his behalf.
Those of you who know him know that he is truly one of God's saints and since his retirement has had fragile health.
Please pray for his healing, for added strength, and for wisdom onthe part of those caring for him. Also pray for his wife and family who are on this rollercoaster ride with him.”
Will you join me in "storming the courts of Heaven"?
2 Corinthians 9:14 (MSG) ~ Meanwhile, moved by the extravagance of God in your lives, they'll respond by praying for you in passionate intercession for whatever you need.
