Thoughts on Giving

What started out as an ordinary Friday morning turned out to be exactly what I needed...

Fridays typically start for me at NCS Winston Salem (New Canaan Society) at 7:00 AM bright and early. For the Winston Salem chapter, this means that 150-200 men get together on Friday mornings to have coffee and biscuits and share and to grow in Christ. For us its "Its not church, its not bible study, and if you don't have fun don't come back." Simple as that...

This past Friday, we heard a story about ORGAN DONATION.

Specifically the story of how one man silently suffered with a degenerating kidney. Going through the process of dialysis and getting on the kidney transplant list. Then at a chance meeting this gentleman spoke to a counterpart who had a husband who had a kidney disease. She happened to be going to get tested the following Monday to see if she could donate one of her kidneys to her husband. Ok... I know that was a lot...

Then to the man's surprise, when sharing his fear of the situation to his friend/coworker go the response "If I am not a match for my husband then you can have one of my kidneys."

Wow.

What I learned on this past Friday was that there are many ways to give and none are more important than the gift of love.  For me, witnessing a living example of the love of a fellow man was truly an amazing experience.

Did you know that we only need one of our two kidneys?

Do you know how may people in your own community that need a kidney?

For more information about how you can help visit The National Kidney Foundation