January 15, 2013
Ready, Set, Go!
My friend, who has
blood disorder, has had blood transfusions for over a year. Even though the situation
has steadily deteriorated, his wife of almost 65 years recently said, “I’m just not yet ready to let him to go.”
All this time they could make the decision on when to stop the transfusions and
I’m sure they felt they had an element of control over his life. This last week
it was determined by doctors that the transfusions are no longer working
effectively and they will be stopped. I can only imagine being in the wife’s
place and having to pry my fingers off the control button and giving it back
over to God. Jesus reminds us that whether it is for ourselves, or for others,
when it comes to death we really have no control. He said, “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” (Luke12:25
NIV).
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Gail;
-----Regarding the eventuality of death, we have no control. Within that, though, God does give us some share of the control. He assures us that if we live right we will live long. If we live wrong we will live short. Even that, though, must be asterisked, because good people get sick and die, have fatal accidents, are murdered, etc., completely outside God’s stated blessing of longevity. It isn’t like math. It’s more like art. So your friends enjoyed some control which human ingenuity presented to them, in this case.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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