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This Life We Live

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John 11                                   This Life We Live                              Rev. Beth Hessel

St. Stephen Presbyterian Church                                                        9 June 2013

 

James had been a chubby, happy baby his first year. His parents and big brother delighted in him. Knowing this youngest was her final baby, James’s mother drew out nursing, cherishing those quiet moments before her active boy wiggled away. He weaned at 18 months. Immediately, his parents noticed a decline, as James lost weight and strength. Tests revealed a pernicious cancer from which his mother’s milk had protected him.  The family fought, oh, how they fought for life. But at five, James couldn’t fight anymore. He died at home, in his father’s arms.

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