I found this story about a year ago and really was drawn to it, it's actually a beautiful story about Ed Dobson. The video pretty much tells the story and gives a good picture of what "Ed's Story is about" Whenever I have a crappy day or think that I cannot get past a struggle in my own life, I think about Ed. It would be great to get to meet this guy in person and hear from him in a more personal way. The following passage I got from Ed's Blog back in 2011 in November. So the next words are not my own and I give all the credit to Ed. Please watch this video, I think it can give all of us hope in this life, and yes he is still alive to this present day.
I was diagnosed with ALS in November, shortly before Thanksgiving. About a week later I was sitting on the porch of my house watching the first snowfall of the season. As I sat there I was beginning to sink into that darkness. I was thinking that this would be my last winter. I was thinking that this would be my last Christmas. I was hoping to make it to spring! As I sat there depressed, I noticed a bird on the bush outside the window. As I sat there watching, it flew away, and I thought, “I wish I could be that bird.” And I thought that the birds have no cares, no issues, and no ALS. Then immediately I was drawn to the words of the writer of the Hebrew Scriptures:
My heart is in anguish within me:
the terrors of death assail me.
Fear and trembling have beset me
Horror has overwhelmed me.
I said, “oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest—
I would flee far away
And stay in the desert.”
–Psalms 55:4-7
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