The Lord Provides—Even in Tragedy

Aug 25, 2021

From the Grips of Death

My first thought when paramedics wheeled him into the trauma bay was that he was just a kid. My second was that he looked like he was dying.

His skin was clammy and his pulse faint. I called his name, but he only moaned. Removal of his shirt revealed a single wound beneath his left nipple, a stream of blood threading down his torso. My resident performed a quick ultrasound, and the dancing images confirmed that a clot compressed the chambers of his heart. Their thin walls collapsed with each beat like two palms clapping. If we didn’t act quickly, cardiac arrest would follow.

I called the operating room to alert them that we were coming. A nurse secured one last IV. We unlocked the stretcher to wheel him out of the trauma bay.

Then he lost his pulse. Some snapshots in life are Romans 1 moments. In verses 19–20, Paul writes, “For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.”

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Provision for His people is in God’s character. It’s who He is.

 

by: Kathryn Butler, MD