No Greater Love....

There is an old saying that goes…”No greater love has no man than to lay down his life for a friend.” Many of us would go out of our way to help a friend or family member, but how many of us would give up our life for a person that we love? The following is a true story that will show us an example of “no greater love”…..

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease.
 only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness.

The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes I’ll do it if it will save her.”

As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheek.

Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I die right away, or how soon?” The boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he would have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her.

WOW!!……Beautiful.

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An Incredible Love for Others During World War 2

An Incredible Love for Others During World War 2
Look at this lady - Let us never forget!
Irena Sendler, died 12 May 2008 (aged 98) in Warsaw, Poland.

The world hasn't just become wicked...it's always been wicked.
The Pulitzer Prize doesn't always go to the most deserving.

During World War 2, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a plumbing and sewer specialist.

She had an 'ulterior motive'.

Because she was German, she KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews.

Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and, for larger kids, she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack.

She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.

The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids and infants noises.

During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children.

As time went on, she was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely.

Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.

After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family.

Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.

Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize.

She was not selected.

It’s sometimes sad when a person such as Irene doesn’t receive worldwide recognition. A story like this should serve as a good reminder that what we do for others may never be recognized by others but we should always have the heart for people to do it anyways.

What have you done with your life to help other people? If you were in the same situation, would you have done the same? Would you have the courage? Sometimes, because of the times and circumstances, it may hard to do the principles that you REALLY believe in the trick is…DOING and FOLLOWING the values that you believe.

Find time each day to do something to help others…whether it is in a small or big way. It will help give you a healthier sense of fulfillment and gratification in your life.

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Author: Unknown

Picture Courtesy of Bob Kirchman

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