For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11) When we are lying in a hospital bed, we have time to pray, to think and to pray. No matter what illness put us there, it’s a fearful moment, a shock that focuses our attention on the here and now, but also the hereafter.