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Topic: Exhale (08/15/13)
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TITLE: Our Greatest Physican/Surgeon | Previous Challenge Entry
By C D Swanson
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ADD TO MY FAVORITES
for the little girl to be
rid of the giant monster
Her smile is stunning
her giggles musical
as she sings a song
She fights without fear
proud of the pink star
on her shiny bald head
Her mother clings to faith
her knees ache while she
cries out to her Father
The monster lives in
the child’s intestines now
smaller from the poison
The mother holds her child’s
black and blue tiny hand
tears roll down mom's face
She watches her child being
wheeled into the operating room
to remove the monster's roots
She holds her breath and
drops to the ground
crying--God we need Your help
The hours are interminable
she can hardly see or breathe
as she awaits word or news
Her faith solid and anchored
in His love and healing hands
during the entire ordeal
Her breath is rapid and labored
she can hardly move or blink
completely numbed with fatigue
A penetrating beautiful warmth
overtakes her body fully
from her head to her toes
The chapel doors swing open
a bright light shines as
footsteps approach from behind
Your daughter's operation
was a huge success we got the
entire tumor she did fine
Praise you God for slaying
the monster and saving my child
tears fell as she slowly exhaled…
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Based on a true story of a two year old who was operated on
Yesterday to remove her Neuroblastoma. Her family is filled with faith, love, and clothed in His Righteousness.
The greatest physician/surgeon of all performed yet another surgery with unprecedented success.
Thank You and Praise you God!
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This hit me like a fist in the chest, I was so grabbed emotionally! I could relate the mother’s feelings because my son was born with a heart defect and at 18 months of age he was taken into surgery and given only a 10% chance of survival. I got a miracle too, for he is 37 today! But I will never forget when they took him out of arms into the OR and I was exactly as the mother in this poem—I felt I could not breath and I slid down to the ground, begging God! Oh, how this poem brought back all those feelings! I can barely type now for tears in my eyes.
This is a winner to me, no matter how it scores, not just because it is so well written—but because it is true—because by God’s grace another monster was defeated! Just a walk through children’s hospitals can bring the agony part of this poem to life in the face of parents waiting, hoping they too can defeat the monster! Thank you Lord for blessing the child of this poem with Your mercy!
Superb!
Wing His Words.
Wing His Words
My husband and I have been supporters of St. Jude's for many years--Thank God for the vision Danny Thomas had to help children and for the efforts of his daughter and all those who keep it going.
I can imagine the tears flowing across your cheeks as you penned this. Congratulations on your EC placing but I know this one wasn't about winning at all...