By: Don Caldwell
If you only had one wish before you died, would love be it?
Two teens share in a pseudo “marriage” just before the young woman dies, fulfilling a dying wish…
If you knew you were dying, would you worry about getting that promotion? Getting that degree? Buying that new car? Or what clothes you were wearing?
Would you care more about spending what little time you had left with the ones you love?
Why?
So much of our lives is perhaps consumed by so many things that will never bring us happiness or are trivial. Yet we spend so much of our time in pursuit of them.
If you were only allowed to have one dream, would that dream center around a career or anything else that does not revolve around love? What does this say about how our priorities are perhaps misaligned.
This young couple will never really be married or even have a family, but they are making the most of their lives. It is a lesson we would do well to hear.
What little time she has left may be the happiest of her short life. Could you ever be so happy with just one dream? Is love enough?
She even signed her name using his last name during her final days…It was a wedding to her.
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On Thanksgiving Day, Sabrina's condition deteriorated rapidly. By Saturday, she could no longer raise her head.
Around midnight on Nov. 29, the Parkers called Matt: He'd better come. He stayed with Sabrina through the night, holding her hand and telling her he would be OK.
Sabrina died in her sleep the next morning. When the hearse came, Matt leaned down to kiss her on the forehead.
"Thank you for saving me," he whispered.
She was buried in her Sweet 16 dress, a single red rose from Matt on the pillow beside her head.
Sabria The link below leads to a her story. Pray for them…
(ORIGINAL LINK) With Love, Teens Face a Deadly Diagnosis - AOLnews
Reminds me of the movie "A Walk to Remember". I recommend that movie to anyone to watch. It's really geared towards teenagers. Particularly towards teenage girls, since most teenage boys since they are immature will think it's too "girly". But it is also aimed towards Christians as well. That movie sure shows what true love is and Jamie Sullivan's husband, Landon, became a better person as a result. As if God put her on this earth to do this mission. We are all called as Christians to evangelize, bring people, our spouses closer to God.
ReplyDeleteit may not be so much that teenage boys are "immature" as just disinterested....I myself still describe films that are too "emotional" as girly...
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