October 17, 2010
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Unable to donate a Soul
Listening to a grieving friend share about how his young cousin was found left injured in a ditch at night is something you do for a friend who needs to talk. It was nice that they waited the for family to arrive from out of state for what happened next in the hospital and then the funeral. Once in the his young cousin's intoxicated body was thrown in a ditch nobody that loved him was able to talk with him next due to his medical condition of unresponsiveness.
Despite my friend's tight finances he made the trip to see his young cousin with the focus on his mind to share one last time about Jesus Christ to come into his life to make a difference. To share with one who is declared brain dead is a state few of us humans know about of how much is heard by the patient. Yet, for my friends peace of mind he must share one more time. My friend looking at his cousins social website discovered in written words he listed himself as an atheist. How many times since he started living for Jesus with with sincerity with the change it made in his life as a walking witness to his cousin's family when the boy was a young teenager? Yet, the friend in ways was made fun of for his change of lifestyle with no more drinking alcohol as on of the changes made years ago.
The young man was in the prime of his age in health as his family agreed to donate his body parts to be used by others. The family has since recieved word that many people were helped by the the donation. There are parts of this body living on to help others which gives comfort to the family. Yet, my friend still grieves for his cousins soul that denied Jesus in his lifetime on this earth. Yet, a soul can not be donated as it is truly one persons being that is theirs to chose who they want to serve in this lifetime. To chose to reject there is any God is a strong choice to make.
There is a time to listen and a time to talk when comforting a friend during a loss such as this. In time to give my friend some comfort, I was able to share that he was not there in the last minutes with this young cousin. This boy grew up going to church and knows God is there to call on in the time of need. How do we not know this young man did not call upon the Lord Jesus to help him out of this situation he had gotten himself into?
God does listen to our prayers. Yet, God does allow each one freewill to chose. We are not robots. There is so much individualism and so many ways of thinking out there to chose from in this world with our freewill. Praise the Lord as He give us promises in His Holy Word to stand on!!! Praise the Lord for the choice of donation to be able to help so many others! Yet, your soul is unable to be donated as it is yours to chose with freewill to chose what to believe and act upon in this life time that can affect all eternity.
Comments (4)
a very moving entry
"How do we not know this young man did not call upon the Lord Jesus to help him out of this situation he had gotten himself into?"
Having once been a complete athiest, I can honestly say that, even in that time, when I had fear of something, or felt like things were going wrong... I would pray. I didn't understand why I would do it... I didn't know whether it had a purpose or not... I just did.
I think we all reach out for comfort in times of need, and I'm sure he did too.
Thank you very much for sharing this hearfelt post.
Heartfelt.*
@BingleBot - I have actually heard people do it in front of me at times. We are humans with limited understanding of all that makes this world tick. We humans can have a ton of theories. To me, experience goes further than theories anyday.
The Bible talks about a guy dying on cross next to Jesus asking Jesus to change his life in his last hours. That can be true for the rest of us. No matter how tough or wise we may think we are, we all can humble ourselves before God to repent in a time of great need. Hope, faith, and patience are wonderful things.
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