“So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.” – Nehemiah 4:6
In the spring of 2010, a skiing accident took the life of Taylor Storch, the thirteen-year-old daughter of Tara. What followed for Tara and her husband, Todd, was every parent’s worst nightmare: a funeral, a burial, a flood of questions and tears. They decided to donate their daughter’s organs to needy patients. Few people needed a heart more than Patricia Winters. Her heart had begun to fail five years earlier, leaving her too weak to do much more than sleep.
Taylor’s heart gave Patricia a fresh start in life. Tara had only one request: she wanted to hear the heart of her daughter. She and Todd flew from Dallas to Phoenix and went to Patricia’s home to listen to Taylor’s heart. The two mothers embraced for a long time. Then Patricia offered Tara and Todd a stethoscope. When they listened to the healthy rhythm, whose heart did they hear? Did they not hear the still-beating heart of their daughter/ It indwells a different body, but the heart is the heart of their child.
The Lord continually listens to your heart. Today in prayer, praise Jesus for the work He has given you and do it with all of your heart.
“Work as if you were to live 100 years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.” – Ben Franklin
God’s Word: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men” – Colossians 3:23
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