Yesterday I had the opportunity to donate blood. I was scared out of my mind, but I ended up doing it anyway (kind of on a whim haha). It turned out that it wasn't as terrifying as I had expected and I felt perfectly normal afterwards. I even touched the bag filled with my blood! lol. It was warm.
What a blessing it is to be healthy enough to give blood. I never really thought about it before, but there are many people in the world who may be willing to give blood but can't donate because they have some kind of illness or don't meet some of the other requirements. I have been blessed with a healthy body and placed under the right circumstances to be able to donate. I almost feel as though it's an obligation for me to donate because there are so many people who need blood and not enough to provide. I hope that whatever I donated yesterday will truly help someone who needs it.
I'm not sure why but as I was thinking about all this an analogy (maybe it's not an analogy haha but call it what you want) popped into my head. Jesus bled from every pore for each and every one of us, so I should be able to give a mere pint of blood to someone who needs it.
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