“By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.” I Corinthians 6:14

This morning, there are so many thoughts circulating in my heart and mind — heart and mind together, my soul.

Yesterday, a 49-year-old friend coded on the ambulance gurney as they were attempting to move him to a larger hospital. He had been suffering some earlier discomfort, but did not know there was anything seriously wrong.

Last night, Greg and I visited with his family in the ICU at Shelby Baptist Hospital.

We talked about Matt and swapped memories, his family sharing stories from childhood, me from our time on the campaign trail when Matt was such a confidant and friend, a loyal supporter.

Matt knows when to speak and when to listen. He gives wise counsel.

We circled up to pray, and the Spirit moved. In my mind, He was swirling on top of us, going through our joined hands and touching shoulders.

I don’t doubt he was moving in Matt’s body lying in a hospital bed in the next room.

This is why God invites us to pray, so we can experience his power moving through us, reminding us that we have this power in us every hour. And, oh, we need him every hour.

Judge Matt Fridy needs prayers, as his situation is very serious. I have prayed God will choose to heal his heart this time so Matt can share his story.

I want to hear this story of what it is like to be lying on a gurney, heart constricting, stopping, and then being shocked back to life.

To be on a machine that is circulating your blood outside your body, drugs causing your heart to pump, completely out of control, at the mercy of “what will be,” the future that God has planned for me. To hear your wife’s voice in the room, eyes closed, and to feel your heart respond.

In this week of miracles, I am praying God will allow Matt to share the story of this experience with us.

I am praying for God’s power to flow through Matt and re-start his heart. I know God can do it, and I pray he will give us all this gift of a second lease on life for Matt.

I was talking to a friend who is counseling her friend in hospice. My friend told me, J lives every day as though it is her last. She knows that it very well may be her last. But, what a gift, my friend told me. To feel the urgency that this day may be my last.

Will not that change my perspective in a grand way?

Today may be my last. But that would not matter because God has numbered all my days as he has numbered the hairs on my head. The Bible says so.

I don’t want to waste a single day, but want every day to glorify the God who created me and has given me the gift of his Spirit to flow in and through me.

Don’t waste one day.

Experience that new life now. Experience the power that raised Christ from the dead, as he has raised me. It is a glorious way to live. Amen.

Kimberly Cook is a member of the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee, the Jefferson County Republican Party Executive Committee, a Vestavia Hills City Councilwoman, and wife of Alabama Supreme Court Justice Greg Cook.