God, get me to Sunday!

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 It is amazing to see how the Lord works through you to accomplish His plans. I have Parkinson's disease and sometimes is very hard to do the things I need to do: taking care of my family, working my part time job and preaching on Sundays to my awesome Spanish congregation which I Iove very much!

I could have never imagined being called by God to preach and then years later, getting a diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disease. I've been preaching for many years in the absence of my pastors but now, I'm preaching consistently every Sunday.

Due to the nature of my disease, every day is an up and down that gives my day such an emotional inconsistency, that some days it's hard to bear. That's why I've coined the phrase: ‘Lord, get me to Sunday. That's my prayer everyday because in the very bottom of my heart, that's my desired to do until he calls me home or to do something else.

He gives me grace every day and specially Sunday when he gives me a special grace to preach His word. It's such an experience that I am in awe of what He can do for and through me. Even when my body is weak signaling my next medication dose, He has managed to get His message through and bless His people. The thought that comes to my mind is: why me Lord, why me? Why would you give a broken man like me the task of preaching every Sunday. Ah! He says: “it is because when you are weak, you're strong because your strength doesn't come from you, it comes from me, your Mighty Tower!

“The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want… ‭and even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for He is with me; His rod and His staff comfort me”. (Psalm 23:1a,4)

Oh! That shadow of death is what all of us want to avoid! Why wouldn't we? Nobody wants to go through tough times! But there lies the issue! We must not succumb to the schemes of the devil because when you are in the very depth of the valley, He's pushing to go even deeper. Oh! But my God is with me and He is greater than he that is in the world. He promised me that He will walk with me that valley of death and that I will fear no evil and that's when I pray: “God, get me to Sunday”. He always does! He's my rescuer. He's my help! Do you need to get somewhere? Call on Him! May God bless you my friend!

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