GOD'S GREATEST GIFT

JANUARY 20^th, 2012




GOD’S GREATEST GIFT




The greatest gift that I ever received was the gift of life. I don’t think that I began
To be conscious of that fact until I walked away from my first hospitalization, which
Began on my 22^nd birthday.


During the hospitalization, I was given 0 percent chance to survive. Additionally,
Three of the next five years, I was in the hospital, in critical shape, in hospitalizations
That overlapped my birthday. Add to that a lifetime of chronic illness and pain, and I
Began to see how precious that life was, and what a gift that it is. And that it is not to
Be taken for granted.


I began a search for God, a search for God’s love, and a search to find God’s love in
All others. Some of the things that I learned are; that the small things that happen in life
Are every bit as important as the big things.


The sending of a birthday card. The receiving of a birthday card. The phone call from
A friend to see how you are. The phone call to a friend to see if there is anything that
You can do when they are facing tough times. Holding a door for a stranger, giving up
your seat for someone on the bus. These little ordinary things are just as important as the
big things.


I learned that little acts of kindness in life, both given and received, are very important.
I learned to see God in them.


And most of all, I learned that life, in whatever form, is God’s greatest gift.


Robert P. Wallman
5-23-07

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