So recently we have been praying for a family member who has just undergone a transplant surgery. Due to privacy issues, I am unable to disclose anything further.
I can disclose that this surgery carries enormous risks. During and especially after, there are dangers such as organ rejection and infection.
Chris and I have been praying with my family that this life saving surgery be successful. So far, so good. Apparently the first 48 hours are critical in regards of organ rejection.. It's been nearly that now.
As is our custom, we prayed a prayer of thanks for the successful operation and also for ongoing recovery with no rejection etc.
It was during such prayer that we realised that in order for our family member to have another chance of life, someone had to die to donate the organs to give that other chance.
We prayed a prayer of thanks to God for putting it in to someone's heart to be an organ donor. We also prayed for that person and his or her family as they grieve their passing.
It is a sobering thought... waiting in quiet desperation for someone to die so that another may live. There are so few organ donors out there and the list of needy people far outgrows the list of donors.
I have considered becoming an organ donor, however my state of health makes me ineligible to donate.
Chris and I are grateful for whoever donated their precious organs. What a selfless act of love.
It is almost as if they were saying, "I will have no use for these wings now, for I will have the greatest of freedom."
So we now say with grateful reverence, "Thank you for this gift!" And we bow our heads as our loved one also gratefully accepts them-and thank you for your precious wings of freedom!
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. Psalm 31:24