GOD'S GREATEST GIFT

 

January 20^th

 

“God’s Greatest Gift”

 

 

The greatest gift that I ever received was the gift of life,  I don’t think 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 zero% chance to survive.  Additionally, 3 of the next

5 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

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

 just 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 you can do when they

Are facing tough times.  Holding a door for a stranger, giving up a seat for someone on the bus.

These little ordinary things are just as important as the big things.

 

I learned 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.

 

 

5/23/07           Robert P. Wallman