Written by Hugo Olaiz
Psalm 55:5 (NRSV) My heart quakes within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
My friend Jackson has a denervated heart. That’s a heart that is not connected to his nervous system. If you startle him, he will feel startled, but his heart will not react by pumping blood faster. This is a life-threatening disorder.
My husband and I met Jackson in church. He was 26 years old and dying. He desperately needed a new heart, and there was no certainty he would receive one before his gave out. We invited him over to our house for dinner. We visited him in the hospital. We prayed with him. Jackson became part of our lives, a friend to both of us.
The only reason Jackson is alive today is because someone did something truly unselfish by donating their organs for transplantation. That act of compassion saved Jackson’s life.
Have you considered becoming an organ donor? Once we are gone from this earth, what will we leave behind?
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