As an LPN working in the critical
care unit at a local hospital, I was in the final hour of a twelve-hour shift
when I entered my last patient’s room. A "Do Not Resuscitate" sign
was posted at the door. I had met several of her family members the evening
before and appreciated their love for her.
Looking at the cardiac monitor I
saw her heart rate decrease to zero. I listened to her heart and lungs for
life-signs. There were none. Stepping out, I asked the unit secretary to call
her family members in from the waiting room.
Back at her bedside I leaned
over, placed my hand on her chest and spoke quietly to her lifeless form,
"Your family is coming in and you know they would like to be with you to
say goodbye." Gazing at the monitor, I watched her heart rhythm begin
slowly. I laid my stethoscope on her chest and listened to her faint heartbeat
while my own raced.
She was alive! And she lived long
enough for her family to gather at her bedside and say goodbye to her.
Do such resurrections occur
today? Yes. I am a witness. God on His throne reached down and used a young
Christian to touch the soul of a dying woman.
Life is a precious gift. I know
the Person who gives this gift. Do you know Him?
"Every good and perfect gift
is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not
change like shifting shadows" (James 1:17 NIV).
In Christian Love,
Berta
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