Sarah Farkas was a seminary student assigned to care for
members of a nearby church. While
there, she met a man, Duke Guy, who was on dialysis and needed a kidney transplant. But no matching kidney had been
found. Sarah was praying one night
that a donor would be found, where when she heard God say to her, Why don’t
you give him one of your kidneys?
She immediately began to tremble and
weep but felt a sense of peace.
Sarah spoke to several people who encouraged her to do
it. After 3 months of wrestling
with God and agonizing, she went through a number of medical tests that
determined she was a perfect match
for Duke. On January 13, she and
Duke were wheeled into side-by-side operating rooms, and Duke received one of
her kidneys, which is now functioning in his body. He is no longer living with the kidney disease that plagued
his life for over 30 years.
Sarah says, In hindsight, it seems fitting that God asked
a question. After all, God gives
us opportunities to answer and step out in obedience several times a day, but
often we aren’t listening or even paying attention. God does not ask everyone to donate a kidney, but He does
ask that w e slow down, close our laptops, turn off our televisions, and
silence our cell phones so that we can give our uninterrupted attention to Him
and to the people He has chosen to place in our lives.
We are called to be the light of the world, and our light
shines a little brighter when we take the time to listen, because when we
listen, heaven and earth collide.
We all have a terminal disease called sin. Unless we receive a transplant from the
Savior, our lives will wither and end.
Jesus offers us each a fresh start, a new life, a heart transplant that
leads to eternal life.
