i am here by the grace of God
Around this times several years ago a young wife was rushed into a Cleveland hospital to have her first born child. She did the best that she could to stay healthy and prepare herself for her new role as a mother. Her husband worked hard to try to provide for his wife and baby to come. Life wasn't easy, but they had the support of two churches and two families. As the hours went by it became clear that a natural birth was impossible. She was prepped for surgery to the dismay of all who loved them. Her skin darkened and her body swelled to dangerous proportions. The diagnosis was toximia. With two congregations in a packed waiting room the saints prayed, and the husband was asked who to save. He said his wife. His logic was that they could ha e more children, but his wife was one of a kind. The young wife went in and out of consciousness, and at o.e point had a vision of a character in the distance. Was it an angel; was it Jesus? It gave her a vision of what might come if she chose ...
