Lillian Makle Forbes

The Storm Unseen Lillian Makle Forbes

Minister Lillian Makle Forbes is a lifelong resident of Southern Maryland. She is the fifth child of Mrs. Lillian E. Gray Makle and the late Mr. Joseph B. Makle Sr., was reared in Charles County, and attended St. Michael's Catholic Church in Baden, Maryland. Lillian began serving in ministry in 1986 as a lay servant and is currently serving as a certified lay minister in the United Methodist Church. She also serves as a volunteer chaplain at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center. However, one of the most defining moments in her life was when, while excitedly awaiting the birth of her second child, she was diagnosed with the chronic autoimmune disease, lupus. Though the question she always asked God was, "Why me?", she still wanted to trust His plan for her life, knowing He had a reason for all she went through with lupus. When the lupus was in remission, it was not long before it returned again, and with a vengeance. Read about Lillian's remarkable battle with lupus and the sovereignty of God and His healing power. Her new book, The Storm Unseen, A Memoir of Life with Lupus, recounts the twelve years of intense physical suffering and overwhelming mental anguish that prompted her to consider suicide. What also emerged in that time was a closer walk and relationship with God, a dependence on the Lord that Lillian needed while dealing with the health challenges of lupus each day. By God's grace, Lillian has been healed. Now in good health, she has answered God's call to a broader mission field.