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A 43-year-old grandmother in western India recently
gave birth to her own grandchildren, because she chose to act as a surrogate
mother, taking the place of her own daughter. The names of everyone involved
are not being released, but doctors say the woman chose to act as a surrogate
because her daughter suffers from a rare medical condition that left her
unable to have children.
The daughter's fertilized eggs were implanted in the
grandmother's womb, and she carried the children to term. Dr. Nayana Patel
treated the woman. He says the twins were born within 90 seconds of each
other, and weighed 4.4 pounds and 3.97 pounds. Patel says, "The children
are doing fine, as is their grandmother." The Caesarean section delivery
reportedly took only half an hour and there were no other complications.
—Associated Press, Woman gives birth to Own Grandchildren,
Friday, January 30, 2004; Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.
It doesn’t surprise me that a mother would be a surrogate
mother for her daughter’s children. It is an unusual story of love and
sacrifice. Bearing a child for another person is one thing, but bearing
the sin for another person is quite another. That is precisely what Jesus
did for us.
1 John 4:10 NIV "This is love; not that we loved God,
but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."
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59 year-old Massachusetts highway worker Kevin Sullivan
told reporters from his hospital room that he didn't think twice before
he served his truck into the path of a big rig to save the life of state
trooper. Sullivan was on Interstate 495 following a pothole crew and a
state police cruiser when he realized an oncoming tractor-trailer rig was
not slowing down. As the truck approached, Sullivan angled his heavy-duty
crash truck, designed to protect highway workers from cars, to blunt the
impact on the unsuspecting officer's car.
The oncoming semi plowed into Sullivan's truck, sending
it tumbling down an embankment. Though the big rig still hit the police
cruiser, thanks to Sullivan's actions, the officer only suffered minor
injuries. Sullivan suffered a chipped cheekbone in the collision. Afterwards,
both of his eyes were swollen, and even a handshake made him wince in pain.
From his hospital room, Sullivan said, "I thought, 'I'm going get hit.
It's my job.' I'm the first line of defense of the workers."
—http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=176671.
Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.
In many ways, what Kevin Sullivan did for the state
trooper is a picture of what Jesus did for us.
Isaiah 53:4-5 (GW) "He certainly has taken upon himself
our suffering and carried our sorrows, but we thought that God had wounded
him, beat him, and punished him. [5] He was wounded for our rebellious
acts. He was crushed for our sins. He was punished so that we could have
peace, and we received healing from his wounds."
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“Do the crime and pay someone else do the time” was
the Headline in Sydney’s newspapers. In May 2009, a wealthy 20-year-old
was drag-racing through the city streets of Hangzhou, China, when his Mitsubishi
struck and killed a pedestrian at a crossing. This crime can be the death
penalty for some. When they found out about his excessive speed (over
70 mph) and the light and callous attitude afterward, it caused an outcry
in the city. And so he was arrested, or so they thought. Later they found
out that the youth was not the youth at all but someone who had been paid
to take the three year prison sentence for him.
The rich families of China do this to avoid justice.
In China this is so common they call the person who does the time a “substitute
criminal” or “replacement convict.” They agree to a price then do the time.
They find someone who is broke and/or desperate who is willing to make
as little as $31 for every day they pay for another’s crime. –Jim L. Wilson
and David Mills
http://www.smh.com.au/world/do-the-crime-pay-someone-else-to-do-the-time-20120806-23puh.html#ixzz2zBQbIYmJ
Jesus was not desperate or penniless? Yet He became
a “substitute criminal” for you and fully paid for your crimes. What could
motivate Jesus do that for us?
2 Corinthians 5:21 (HCSB) He made the One who did
not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness
of God in Him.
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