Ted had been very frightened when he was told that he had cancer. While he had never tried to persuade his wife not to go to church and to please her had even occasionally accompanied her on Easter or some other special Sunday, he had never seen the church as important in his life. Yet, almost immediately upon news of his cancer, cards began to arrive in the mail from members of the church. Often, a note would be included and several times it was mentioned that they had prayed for him in church.
Finally he asked his wife about it and discovered that he was regularly named in the prayers for the sick. Since somehow he had concluded that church was more for women than men, he was surprised that some of the men of the congregation occasionally called and asked if they could visit. One of the special visits was from a business colleague of his who came and during the visit had hesitantly asked if he could have prayer with him. It dawned on Ted that the man was very uncomfortable in asking but had done it anyway and the prayer, while simple in form, had reached in and touched Ted’s very soul. It was a few days later that it suddenly dawned on Ted that from that moment on he was no longer afraid and that was the beginning of his healing.
