March 24, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, March 24.
Today we’re talking about prayer and pharmacy! There are approximately 300,000 pharmacists in America and, over the years, I’ve counted two of them as my friends. One word describes their jobs - busy! My first friend was a member of my church choir and a druggist for Walmart. I remember him telling me how the time he spent with each customer was closely monitored by his supervisor. This was very frustrating for him, as he wanted to have the time to be personal, to be sensitive, to show care.
My other pharmacist friend was Bennie Owens, a deacon at First Baptist Center. He was an independent pharmacist and had more control over how he spent his work time. But he was still very busy! But never too busy to stop his work for the real ministry of Bro. Bennie’s life - the ministry of prayer. Whenever a customer would ask for prayer or express a need, he would stop what he was doing, right then, right there in his pharmacy, and pray for them.
How many times have we been guilty of saying “I’ll pray for you” to someone, and then forgetting that promise. Bennie Owens, who recently went on to heaven, always made prayer a personal priority. He was a living example of the power of prayer.
Philippians 4:6 - Do not be anxious for anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
