A little over a week ago a young 19 year old man from our church was hit by a car and sustained critical head trauma. His Mom who is a single mother called on people in our church and another support group to be at the hospital.
The young man and his mother had discussed some time ago about a living will and he said, "If I am in an accident and can not be healed, do not let me live as a vegetable." this is a conversation that most parents and children never have. In fact many husbands and wives never talk about such things.
Now you have a mother who is trying to honor the wishes of her son and going thru the pain and heartache of decisions that need to be made. But well meaning friends told this mother to not allow the machines to be disconnected and if she does so, she is killing her son. These well meaning Christian friends were just stupid to lay such a guilt trip on this mother.
Everything that happens in this world is for a reason and this young man made a great impression on those he came into contact with during his 19 years.
So when the machines were disconnected this young man went to be with the Lord. The the story does not end there. This young man lives on as he was an organ donor and immediately his kidneys saved two other people.
So well meaning Christians are many times just Stupid to say things that tear down the emotions of other Christians rather than build them up and comfort people.
Therefore, discuss a living will with your family and learn of their wishes. This is not just for grandma and grandpa but for every member of the family. We are less than one minute away from meeting the Creator of the Universe. So the decisions about your faith and family should take a high level priority.
Then make sure no one ever puts you down for decisions made. You just need to be loved on and love on others.
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