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tourbi
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Location: tourbiland, at the foot of Pikes Peak, USA
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 Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:17 pm |
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My Brother Drowned In the Bathtub
T. J., 17
God answers prayers in countless different ways—some you would expect and some you have no idea are coming. When I was very young, God answered my family’s prayers with something we never would have thought or wanted, but we can see the blessing in it today.
When I was around three years old, my parents went on vacation and left my fourteen-month-old brother and me with the babysitter. One day, the babysitter left my brother and me in the bathtub while she was cooking grilled-cheese sandwiches. In a moment that changed our lives forever, my brother drowned in the bathtub, and the babysitter was unable to do anything about it. I had no idea what was going on because I was too young, and all I remember are the paramedics putting these black things on my brother's chest. It took awhile to reach my parents, but when we did, we were all praying for a miracle. We prayed and prayed, but God did not answer our prayers the way we thought he might.
The doctor approached my parents and said that Colby, my brother, was not going to make it. He asked if we would like to donate his organs. My parents had not even considered this question before, but they decided to say “yes.” This small word worked great miracles in the lives of other people. Colby’s kidneys saved a man around twenty years old from dying. His liver saved a young girl, and his heart went to a young boy and saved his life. The young boy and his family are now great friends with our family, and we try to visit each other every year. It is such a wonderful feeling to know that Colby still lives on in those three other people and that he made other people’s prayers come true. Our prayers were answered, too, just not in the way we wanted them to be. This just goes to show that even if God doesn’t help you exactly like you think He should, He is always listening and working in our lives. If you look in the right places, you will find Him.
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