11/3, Monday.
Monday. I read an interesting verse this morning. This was what I was thinking about during this journey, but this verse in Ephesians sums it up exactly in the right perspective:
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Yes, I believe- or had the thought/perspective that one of the small works God had planned for me was to donate my kidney for my friend. See [Is this God’s will for me?] I’ve also thought about other friends and family. Yes, if given the opportunity, I would have done the same for them as well. Barring any miraculously regrown left kidney situations, my opportunity to bless another in need has passed. This brings up a valid question my dad wanted me to consider. “Shouldn’t I save the opportunity to donate the kidney to someone else in the future? What if my wife, child, or sister needs one someday?” No doubt this would weigh heavily on my heart that I could not donate again (living donor anyway), but I can move forward in faith- (Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”) that it either will not occur, or [God has a better plan], a better story, or even a better match at the future time.
Today is also the day Chad’s PD catheter was removed. To me, that felt like a stamp of approval from the doctors that everything was working well and he wouldn’t be forced back onto dialysis. Huge prayer of praise today!