06/15/2021
Today, I feel sad and grateful at the same time. I went to visit my cousin Arizona on Saturday and she began to clap her hands because she was glad to see me. I put lotioned her body and feet, we prayed together and I made a facetime call to her niece in Texas. she had a tumor removed from breast and had one left in her throat, which created constant formation of mucus, so she lost her voice and could not talk but only whisper. I got the nurse to suction her throat so could speak, but it did not help. When she went into the facility, and within a week after being in the facility she became agitated and began to yell and bang on the side of her bed like the lady across the room from her. Then I discovered how important it is, who we are around because our environment will change our behavior. Because she was on hospice they did not give her anything for agitation. So I bought her relaxation machine with the ocean sounds. I planned to visit her on Sunday, but I did not manage my time and it was close to 5 pm so I called the facility to tell her I loved her and made an appointment to visit her on Monday at 2 pm. I was called on Monday to hear that she had made her transition to the heavenly realms. Even though I knew she was going to die it seemed hard for me to imagine it. And she spared herself and me when she lost voice and could no longer speak to people. The good outcome for me is that I have been ordained as a minister four times and I never started a church; so I decided to honor my cousin Arizona and visit the facility once a month on Friday my R&R day to give a sermon and pray with the residents. Sometimes God will use unusual ways to get us to do what God wants us to do, our calling. It took my cousin dying for me to say Yes I will allow you to use me and be a minister to others. I have been a Motivational Speaker for years, however I never saw it speaking as an Ordained Minister. I wondered why I was Ordained 4 time, now I can complete my calling as an Ordained Minister. Reverend/Dr. Ida Greene