n 1984, God placed within our family a child born with
severe cerebral palsy. A blessing in disguise, she touched our lives in ways only God could orchestrate. We enjoyed Lysandra's presence here on earth for thirteen years.
On Christmas Day, 1997, she had a seizure leaving her
in a coma for five days before the Lord took her to
His eternal home in Heaven. A season filled with joy...now pierced our hearts. The severe seizure lasted for three hours, raising Lysandra's
body temperature to 107 degrees causing damage to her
internal organs. She was in a coma for five days as we slowly watched her organs shut down. We were faced with the
decision to place Lysandra on life support, then faced
with the heart-breaking decision to remove life support.
During those five days God kept showing me scriptures
about Heaven. As a result, I wrote the poem Christmas in
Heaven. Christmas has always been my favorite season because
the whole world is singing about our Savior, Jesus Christ. The fact that God took Lysandra home in the season when
everyone was singing His praises seemed strangely fitting
and appropriate. The poem speaks so deeply to the hearts of people because it is based on scripture and God speaks to us through
His word. “...in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.” ~ Psalm 139:16 |
2 comments:
I like your "You might also like" section and added it to my blog too.
We had this poem read at Steve's funeral too.
"Choose Joy" has been included in this weeks A Sunday Drive. I hope this helps to attract even more new visitors here.
http://asthecrackerheadcrumbles.blogspot.com/2009/12/sunday-drive_20.html
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