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1 | Conditional organs donation | Matt 7:12 | Hank | 188952 | ||
Hello, Sister Azure - Steve and WOS certainly have come straight to the heart of the matter with their answers and I do not presume to be able to improve on them. ...... I wish merely to make a small comment and observation. The Gospel record of Jesus shows Him ministering freely and lovingly to the sinner, the poor, the lame, the blind, the mute, the sick, the leper -- the outcasts and dregs of society. Surely there is a lesson in Jesus' ministry to be learned for ours. He reached out to minister to the multitudes, whoever they were and wherever they were. ....... And another example not so far removed from your question about putting restrictions on organ donations comes to mind. More than once I've been exposed to the following line of reasoning concerning the giving of money to the church for its work. It goes something like this: "I don't give very much (or any) these days because I don't approve of...." (and here the list can include anything from the color of the pews to the cost of the pastor's shoes). The idea is the same, whether we're contemplating the donation of bodily organs to those in need or money to support the church, it really isn't selfless giving when we give grudgingly, or out of an ascetic, gloomy sense of duty and obligation, or insist on attaching all kinds of strings and conditions to it. Scripture says that God loves a cheerful giver (2 Corintians 9:7), and how interesting it is that the Greek word "hilaron" rendered "cheerful" is the very same word from which we get the English word "hilarious." Giving is not hilarious in the sense of being a joke, to be sure. But the passage suggests that God loves a giver with a heart that embraces giving with joy and enthusiasm and finds it a delightful experience. Hence, God loves a cheerful giver. ..... And I can't let go of this topic without a personal note. It was Christmas years ago and one of my sons was 10 years old. He gave me a handsome book bound in leather that he knew I'd dreamed of owning for some time. It was an expensive book, and I wondered how David had raised so much money. I asked my wife whether she had financed our son's Christmas shopping. She said that she had not. It was after Christmas when I finally found out that this little boy, this loving son, had sold some of his coin collection in order to buy me the book. But never in my life have I seen more joy in the eyes of a human being than David had in his that Christmas morning when I opened his gift to me. David died in 1989, three months before his 21st birthday, at the hands of a drunken driver, but I never read those sacred words from 1 Corinthians 9:7, "God loves a cheerful giver" without thinking of that blessed Christmas when David so cheerfully gave me the leather book. It makes it so easy for me to see why God loves a cheerful giver. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Conditional organs donation | Matt 7:12 | skccab | 188957 | ||
Hank, I've just read your note to Azure and the others. I have tears in my eyes for you my brother. I understand much better now your sweet gentle spirit. Thank you for sharing that story about your dear son. cheri |
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3 | Conditional organs donation | Matt 7:12 | Hank | 188959 | ||
Cheri, thank you so much for your kind response. It good to have you on SBF; your sincere enthusiasm is contagious. Blessings to you, dear one. --Hank | ||||||
4 | Conditional organs donation | Matt 7:12 | justme | 189024 | ||
Hank: As the years have passed on the SBF you have shared little bits of information about you son. No one time have I not learned some lesson, with a deep spiritual meaningn for me. There are those of us who have lost sons and daughters, who can not speak of the details. I know some who have lost loved ones to sinful lives that have torn families appart. You are deeply blessed to have comforting memories of your son, hold these tender reminders close to your heart, what a blessing! justme |
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5 | Conditional organs donation | Matt 7:12 | Hank | 189027 | ||
Justme - I truly appreciate your comments and thank you. The loss of a child is a devastating experience than which perhaps no other human loss is more intense. It is profound aplenty even when the parents are saved and the child is saved. I cannot possibly imagine how an unbeliever, who has not the hope and comfort afforded to the redeemed in Christ, can weather such a storm in his life. ...... It has been my aim and wish, that in sharing a few of these memories of my son with readers of this forum, I might be able to touch the hearts and bring a measure of comfort to those who personally know such intense sorrow. God has a loving way of mending the broken heart and transforming memories from sad ones to glad ones. I thank God for the privilege of being David's father and for the love we shared for nearly 21 years. And I thank Him too for my two other precious children and their children who have brought to my life joy and richness in abundance. And for my faithful and loving wife who has been by my side in sickness and health for almost 48 years. What blessings God has showered upon me! --Hank | ||||||
6 | Conditional organs donation | Matt 7:12 | azurelaw | 189031 | ||
Dear Hank, Thank you for sharing. I don't know how long did it take you to recover from the trauma. I pray that my eldest brother (a devoted christian) could soon recovered and say the same thing as yours. He lost his youngest son (a little christian) who was drowned in a swimming pool at the age of 7 three years ago. After the accident, my sister-in-law (a devoted christian, too) cried all day and avoid to stay home for being haunted with those memories of the lovely boy. My brother, keeping his agony deep into his heart, appears to be calm in front of people and his wife in order not to make her worry. However, since then, he stopped praying to God until lately God makes use of his best friend's fatal illness to drive my brother to open his mouth and pray for his friend. I am sure God has been and is working for He has sent angels from my brother's church to help him get through it. God will draw my brother nearer and nearer to Him. Shalom Azure |
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