I also do not waste time pleading with God to make
me well....
Rather prayer is a medium through which I ask God
to show me His will and to give me strength to carry out that
will.”
Quotes are from Days
of Grace (Knopf
1993).
Arthur Ashe passed away in 1993 from AIDS
acquired from a blood transfusion he was given while undergoing
double-bypass surgery in 1983 for heart disease.
1943 - 1993
Tennis Star, Author
“Quite often, people who mean well inquire
whether I ever ask myself, in the face of my diseases, ‘Why
me?’
“I never do. If I ask, ‘Why
me?,’ as I am assaulted with heart disease and AIDS, I must also
ask, ‘Why me?’ about my blessings.”
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