tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488476947775947398.post4358974905571866346..comments2012-03-13T07:04:02.731-07:00Comments on Jon's Ponderings: The Basicsjonthegreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16769274799411795750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488476947775947398.post-87208990881024401852012-03-13T07:04:02.731-07:002012-03-13T07:04:02.731-07:00What a great picture of the love God has for us . ...What a great picture of the love God has for us . . . to give "yourself" so someone else might live. <br /><br />One way I think His love exceeds ours is that you probably have very few, if any, willing donors of organs directly to someone who hates and is enemies with the donor <br /><br />Yes, miracles happen in spite of the church.jonthegreathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769274799411795750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1488476947775947398.post-55746607493197264052012-03-12T19:54:43.910-07:002012-03-12T19:54:43.910-07:00I think about this sometimes at work. Working with...I think about this sometimes at work. Working with patients who choose to help others by giving their organs is an absolute selfless act. These people can be homosexuals, IV drug abusers, suicides, alcoholics or even a different race. Are they judged on these things? Do recipients say "no thank you, I only want a heart (or lung or liver) that is pure and clean."? No. Their gifts are accepted humbly and without question. One may even say unconditionally. Why? Because it is a chance to continue living. It's hard for me to articulate the correlation I feel about this. I feel like it's a gift that is so selfless and unconditional and humbling, that we should take a lesson from this. We don't berate or coerce or browbeat anyone into participating in organ donation, instead we inspire them. When people are inspired, you reap only good. I see miracles every single day, but sadly, none have come from inside a churchMadistellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659905907049979178noreply@blogger.com