Leandra Lynch, M.D., from Woodland...
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Leandra Lynch, M.D., from Woodland Hills, California, told in a December 2003 Reader's Digest article, how an emergency room patient she had treated one Christmas Eve showed his gratitude. Around 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve, a Mr. Lee, in his sixties was brought to the hospital emergency room, obviously suffering a heart attack. Dr. Lynch was able to stabilize his condition and move him out of the emergency room and into the intensive care unit. The next morning, Christmas morning, she stopped in to see how he was doing. He had survived, and while it was still touch and go, he was sleeping. The following year, Dr. Lynch was on Christmas Eve duty again. Around 9 p.m., Mr. Lee and his wife walked into the emergency room with a small gift saying, "You probably don't remember me, but last Christmas Eve you saved my life. Thank you for the year you gave me." For the next thirteen years until he died, Mr. Lee repeated these Christmas Eve pilgrimages to the emergency room with gifts of gratitude.
Dr. Lynch's experience was extraordinary. Jesus' experience, on the other hand, is what can ordinarily be expected. He healed ten lepers. Only one showed his gratitude. We, who have been given an eternity of life through Christ, have ample reason to give thanks to God as often as we can and in as many ways as possible.
Dr. Lynch's experience was extraordinary. Jesus' experience, on the other hand, is what can ordinarily be expected. He healed ten lepers. Only one showed his gratitude. We, who have been given an eternity of life through Christ, have ample reason to give thanks to God as often as we can and in as many ways as possible.
