Fifteen years ago,my father died at the young age of 44 while waiting for a heart transplant. Chances are, you too have someone in your family who has died or suffered from a heart-related illness. Heart disease is the #1 killer of both men and women in the United States. Further, women account for 52.8% of all heart disease related deaths!
This purpose of the reading event Books for the Heart is to raise money for the American Heart Association and/or to honor a loved one. [Edit: if you live outside of the United States you can donate to the major heart organization of your own country!] There are many ways to participate. You can sponsor yourself and donate a certain amount of money for every book you read or every page you read during February 1-14. You can ask for sponsors. You can donate a set amount. You can donate in a loved one’s name. It doesn’t really matter which books you read, but I do ask that by participating you commit to donating a minimum of $5 to the American Heart Association. Other than that, you decide on how you’ll participate. I plan on donating $5 for each of the books that I read and $2 for every participant in this event, up to a maximum of $100.
“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.”
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Even worse, my basement got flooded. How does a basement flood in freezing weather? When someone on a hill above you tests a well for over 12 hours. It was the city and/or development company of the new subdivision that allowed the pump to run that long, so most likely they will end up paying for it, but still…
Thank goodness it didn’t happen while we were gone. We probably won’t be able to go ahead with our Christmas plans now, either, because we’ll have to deal with tearing up carpet and our wood (not real) floor. It was a very nice finished basement. Emphasis on ‘was.’ Anyway, things could always be worse. No books were affected, and no one in my family has been hurt or killed in a wreck or other accident.
"Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal." (John 6:27, ESV)
Fifteen years ago,my father died at the young age of 44 while waiting for a heart transplant. Chances are, you too have someone in your family who has died or suffered from a heart-related illness. Heart disease is the #1 killer of both men and women in the United States. Further, women account for 52.8% of all heart disease related deaths!
