A Second Baptism

“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10b, NIV).

“I’m ready for you to let me go, Doc,” he said.

“You mean to heaven?” I asked.

I had been treating him for years for his chronic blood disorder. He was not suffering much physically but had become transfusion dependent with two to four units a month.

He started weeping. “This is just not living.”

I put my hand on his shoulder and asked, “You are not thinking of suicide, are you?”

He nodded yes but clarified that he was not planning to harm himself, just planning to stop transfusions.

“That’s not suicide, is it? The insurance won’t pay if it is suicide.”

For some people on some days this world is just too much.

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