I know my sister is at a loss as to why our brother is unable to open up to his family and tell us how he is feeling.
We only know that he has leave from his job for several months now, and his explanation to us ( on health grounds) just doesn't feel right somehow.
He is a great brother and always there for anyone else who becomes ill. Yet we are now feeling so frustrated because it is hard to know how to reach him at a time when we could perhaps support and comfort him! He is private in himself and if he were to just call us tomorrow to talk properly about what is going on we would be quite startled, for the contrast this would be!
When we love someone and cannot get close to offer help, what is there to do? To confront him with a straight question won't work, we know that. It seems so much more difficult to relate to our own family members the older we get, a bit of a puzzle! Unfortunately, he is not in contact much with his brother either. Brothers stand strongest when they stand together surely.
I am seeking some answers for both my sister and I to come to terms with this concern we share and to find a way forward so we can feel a family connection once again, as our beloved parents would have dearly wanted.
It must be God's direction that has set this prayer in my heart and to let it go as I am doing now.
My heart shall be gladdened beyond measure if it is God's will that this prayer be answered.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for all eternity.Amen