Everyone suffers something.
But when children suffer, it breaks your heart.
When your child suffers, and you can’t take the pain away, you would give your life for them.
I walked past a room yesterday (as I am here in the hospital with “Christian” as he recovers from a knee bleed) and the mom of a teenage boy suffering with asthma was standing outside the door sobbing. I stopped, and put my hand on her shoulder. She started to talk through the tears about his suffering. I know without a doubt she would have given her life at that very moment for her son.
A mother’s love is something you just don’t mess with.
But how do you give thanks through the suffering?
God did. He knew what He was doing by sending Jesus to die for us. I can’t even imagine the enormity of that sacrifice. Yes, I would give my life for my child, but giving up my child’s life?
We’ll never know and completely understand that gift. But what we do is work to live a life pleasing to God through our every move and through every word.
As Holy Week begins, I want to spend time in reflection by trying to wrap my mind around the sacrifice that was made for me. I mean, I am a sinner beyond words, and God knew I would struggle, yet He sent His Son for me.
God loves me just the way I am…sin and all. Let’s start each day remembering that God loves each and every one of us without doubt and beyond measure.
Today I Am Thankful For:
1. iPads
2. City lights from the hospital window
3. The whirring of monitors in the hospital room
4. Dry erase boards
5. Reclining chairs
