He Gives and Takes Away

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I've been privileged to pray with a group of women in Mississippi via email for many years.  The past few weeks we've been praying for a young high school girl, whose heart mysteriously stopped beating while just hanging out in the bedroom of a friend.  It ends up she had a rare heart disease called "Long QT Syndrome”.  The parents have had her on life support praying for a miracle, but doctors explained it was time to let her go.  Her dad wrote...

"We've been waiting all day for the phone call.  The one that says they have an operating room ready for us. Trinity will be donating any organ or tissues that are usable to save as many lives as she can. This was very important to her. Her Mia... someone that meant that world to her... passed while waiting for a kidney transplant.  

So we wait for the phone call.  Then we go for her "Honor walk".  They will line the hospital hallways leading to the OR with nurses and her family to honor the sacrifice she is giving to save the life of many strangers.  Then she'll be gone from us.  And we'll be left to figure out how to pick up the pieces in our world."

Such a mix of emotions. Such a great loss for this family, but other families are about to receive long awaited phones calls which may bring life to their loved ones.

"Blessed be Your Name" is a song by Matt Redman.  It is based on Job 1:21 Naked I came from my mother's womb and naked I shall return there.  The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.; Blessed be the name of the Lord. 

One lyric says "He gives and takes away." This speaks of the sovereignty of God who is always with us, always in control and the One who can take even our darkest moments and turn them into reasons to praise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTpTQ4kBLxA


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