Well done good and faithful servant...

Tonight at work I was witness to a beautiful testimony of a life lived to the glory of God. It was such an encouragement to my soul I wanted to share it with you and hopefully it will encourage you as well. During the dinner hour as I was assisting one of my residents with their meal I overheard one of our other residents a Sister of the Good Shepherd telling one of the other residents about her ministry to "her girls" as she called them and the faithfulness of God. As she talked about how much she loved people and about her faith my eyes brimmed with tears as I listened to her from across the room. It is a precious thing to give your life to serving others and bringing glory to God!

 After dinner I walked her back to her room and she told me she had been doing ministry for 70 years (she is 90). Wow! How awesome! She is almost completely deaf and her vision is all but gone. She told me "It is difficult now...but God will make it right later"! As I sat her down in the chair she said "God Bless you honey" and then she asked me to offer a prayer to God for her tonight and informed me she would say a prayer for me as well. As I walked out of her room I prayed a silent prayer to God praising Him for her life and asking His blessing on her remaining days! Once again sweet tears filled my eyes and spilled over.

I believe that God had her speak to that resident specifically for me. The resident she was speaking to no longer has the ability to understand or follow a conversation and was responding with sentences that made no sense...but Sister is so hard of hearing she did not know what the other resident was saying so she continued to share. And by doing so ministered to my soul. 70 years from now I hope to be able to look back on my life and see a life dedicated to sharing Christ love with people and glorifying His almighty name!

Thank you Sister for your testimony of faithfulness! Soon the day will come when the Lord will call you home and He will say "well done good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of the Lord"