Maderville

Life and Death
A while back I posted about a guy whose wife had delivered a baby at 25 weeks because she was suffering from complications of Cystic Fibrosis. The baby is thriving and the mother just got rolled into surgery to receive a double lung transplant. WoW!!! Has this guy got strength or what? When ever I feel like having a pity party, I simply log onto his blog and I can just feel the gratitude pouring back into my soul again. His blog is really great. It's uplifting, funny, full of hope and truly full of love. Please join me in praying for them as she receives these new lungs and log onto his website if you really want to get a jolt of the Lord's spirit because they are full of it! Pray for the family that lost a loved one and be thankful for the gift of organ donation. If you haven't considered it, please do. My oldest brother had a kidney transplant(from his wife!) a few years ago and he is a new man. Thankfully, no one had to die for him to get it but everyday there are people that die waiting on an organ. Good luck to Trish and Nate and God willing, Gwyneth will get to share her first Mother's Day with her mommy and her new lungs. PRAY...PRAY...PRAY!!!

On another note...this evening I took Landry for a stroll and an ambulance passed by me. Then a friend of mine with his 18 year old son pulled up next to me and we watched several EMT's go in to the house of his son's ex-girlfriend...they are still friends. Her daddy had had a heart attack and her 13 year old brother called 911. After several people showed up and congregated outside on the driveway a man came outside and broke the news that he had died. He left behind an 18 year old daughter, a 13 year old son and and older daughter. I saw the pain of these children in the very moment they learned their Daddy had died and my heart just wept for them. After I thought it couldn't get any worse, his mother showed up. I saw in her the same pain I felt just two short years ago. It doesn't matter how old you are or what the circumstances are, you are not supposed to witness the death of your children. Please say a prayer for these kids as they get through this difficult time. I think the saddest part to all of this is that this guy wasn't very well liked. No one had one nice thing to say about him while we were all standing out there and I find that extremely unfortunate that he left this world making that kind of mark on his neighbors and I found out later, his kids. I hope it doesn't sound unkind that I would say that about him(GOD rest his soul) because that is certainly not my intention but I think it just made an impression on me AGAIN that you need to be the face of Jesus when you can. You need to lead by example and be that face if you can't find it in another. After reflecting over the evenings events, it made me want to be better and I think that is all God really wants from any of his children. Be the face....