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YAY!YAY!
by Bill Brant
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  "I know a little boy who is dying today." Those words written by a Hospice chaplain in Northwest Arkansas got my attention.

It was unusual to have one so young in Hospice care and yet again not as rare as we might like to think. He was four years old and had never had a pain-free day. For one whose existence was short-changed, he knew the important things of life. When he had heard them repeating the Lord's Prayer, instead of saying "Amen" at the end, he lifted his little hands above his head and shouted "YAY!"

It was a July Tuesday when he died. The chaplain described it this way:

This four year old knows real life now. He was lovingly taken to a waiting angel by his parents and brother!

It was a July Tuesday when he died
For Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. YAY!

YAY indeed!

Maybe it's time that you and I raise our hands and follow a dying child's example. Let's talk at hopeforlife.org or by email at bbrant@heraldoftruth.org.







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      © 2009 Herald of Truth

      Title: "YAY!"
      Author: Bill Brant
      Publication Date: September 30, 2009

 
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Bill Brant Bill Brant is the President and CEO of Herald of Truth Ministries based in Abilene, Texas.

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