Volume 26, Issue 5
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It Doesn’t Matter — He Was There All the Time
By Gary Fisher, Sugarcreek, Ohio September 2025 I am so thankful to have been given the opportunity to grow up, work, learn and enjoy life. How delightful it is to remember my family, neighbors and friends who were of help and guidance. How grateful I am to my parents and grandparents, who worked so hard to make our family successful and show me the fruits of hard work.
It doesn’t matter if you graduated from school or not; wear business clothing or a t-shirt at work; attend a church or not. It doesn’t matter if you are short or tall; are a marathon runner or in a wheelchair. But some will say, “We are too dif- ferent. There are so many different lives to live, how could any one thing be the same in everyone’s life?”
As I think back to all that has hap- pened, combined with what I now re- alize, there is an important lesson that I feel compelled to pass along. Do you remember the house you grew up in as a child? Who was your favorite teacher? What was your first major disap- pointment? Has your favorite music changed over the years? Who is your closest
As you reflect on your story, one fact will always remain: with every step, event, success or failure, happiness or sad- ness, and every breath you have taken in your life, there is one common thread...
friend? Did you ever get in trouble with the law? What is your favorite holiday?
Think back over all the events of your story from your birth until this very day. Now con- sider that, no matter how great or hard your story is, or how different it is from anyone else’s you know, there was always one thing that was consistent for us all.
Jesus Christ. He was there all the time.
He created you and knew you before you were born. He knew your parents and your grandparents. He knows about everything happening in the world. Not only was He there during every second of your past, but He is still there today, and He will be there every day of your life.
Yes, for you, me, and everyone else.
It really doesn’t matter… whether you are young or old, male or female, married or single, black or white or another race, rich or poor or middle class, healthy or not well. It doesn’t matter if you live in the United States or another country, in a large city, a suburb, or a small rural town. It doesn’t matter if you have many siblings, are an only child or an orphan, if you have many friends or none.
Assisting Pastors... ...to bring encouragement to hospital patients from their congregations. “I was sick and you visited Me.” Matthew 25:36b
And He is always waiting to help, comfort, save and bless you … Just ask Him.
When we were happy and laughed or when we were sad and cried, He was there!
Pastor Randy VanDeLoo, Evangelical Hospital Chaplain, Inc. Box 153 • Marshfield, WI 54449 at the Marshfield Medical Center Tel: (715) 650-0990 Email: vandeloo1@juno.com www.EvangelicalChaplain.org
With every birth and every death, He was there! When we were sick and when we were healthy, He was there!
Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior was there all the time.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Because of privacy laws, it is important that when being admitted as a patient, you register under the NAME of your church or request Pastor Randy VanDeLoo be authorized to visit. Have a church secretary or individual call us directly to inform us of the patient’s name.
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