My Wish
I am not sure how many of you have seen ESPN’s new series, My Wish, but if you haven’t you should. Basically, this show is a 10-part series that chronicles the granting of sports-related wishes for ten children with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Extreme Makeover Home Edition and Miracle Workers are two of ABC’s shows that also chronicle life-enhancing activities.
Miracle Workers is by far my favorite. In this show, adults and children with various illnesses/injuries get connected with cutting-edge doctors and receive the surgery necessary to help with their problem. CVS follows up with a gift card that will cover their medications for years to come. The things I’ve seen done on that show blow me away. During one episode a child, who had incorrect fusion of his ribs causing one side of his body to not grow with the other, required a very dangerous surgery in which he could come out paralyzed from his neck down. During the surgery the doctor’s worst-case scenario happened, he became paralyzed. The doctor sat back and waited. He had a certain amount of time he could give the body to repair itself before he would have to end the surgery and tell the child’s parents the aweful news. Watching this was so intense. With the surgical team’s eyes fixed on the monitors the doctor said, “We’re in God’s territory now.” His humility blew me away. Praise God, the little boy’s body responded just minutes before the deadline.
Needless to say, I’ve never seen an episode without crying. I am finding that the more I know about the human body, the more I know our Creator is real, and he loved making us! I applaud ESPN and ABC as a whole for using their resources to help others.
Question though: Why only ten episodes? People love the show and you can tell the anchors love it, too. So keep going!
As I ponder this, I wonder how many episodes in my own life will I help others in the name of our Lord … ashamed, I have already found myself canceling future episodes. Though, I have plenty of shows that are about me and what I want. God created us to have an abundant life through serving and loving others – not as an act of charity or pity, but of love for others who were made in God’s image just like us. I pray that you and I can get the cameras rolling on His next episode about serving and loving others as we truly live.
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