Who Says Life Is Fair?

Who says life is not fair? All the best laid-out plans could change at the 'drop of a pin', just like...
"Oh, my GOD! It's happening again", shouted my mother. Day in and day out, not knowing what's wrong and agonizing about what could be done with the high fevers. "Please doctor! Please tell me what's wrong with my baby", as she pleaded. "There's nothing wrong with your baby", he retorted, as if to imply that it was all in her head.
Mom remembers the day well...when HOPE walked into the hospital with a white robe. No, not an angel, but an Angel of Mercy! And so began the saga of a special baby!!!
"Your daughter is the 3rd case that I have ever seen (1957). There are two boys who have Ecto-Dermal Dysplasia and your daughter is the only girl that I know of," explained the Angel of Mercy from Chicago. Praise the Lord for air conditioning, one of the miracles that would maintain this dear, precious life...Linda!
By the third grade it was apparent that her fuzzy, baby-like hair would never grow. So, what started out, as a hair-brained idea would really come to pass. All my long hair was cut off carefully and made into a hand-made wig for Linda. "Now, I'll look beautiful!", beamed Linda. No longer would she be laughed at or ridiculed for her 'baldness'.
Who would have known how one's life could make such a difference in another's life? Many times we'd like to trade our life's problems with someone else, only to take ours back when we found out that ours weren't quite as bad as we thought. Look at Linda's life! I did!!! But for many years, that monster of jealousy would rear its little head up when she had to be treated special.
Also, it never really hit me about the fact that I had a full set of teeth while Linda only had 4 permanent teeth plus her very own set of false teeth since the age of three.
Oft times my mom reprimanded me. For example, "You'd better love your sister. You might not have her someday." Oh, how I hated those words. I never really realized how serious her condition was. She was never expected to make it through infancy. Regardless, Linda was still my sister and I loved her dearly. Who says life if fair!
On the other hand, I was exhorted to: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you; "Laugh and the whole world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone"...pearls of wisdom from my mother. People need values and standards to live by and my mother ingrained them into me diligently, but with love.
Growing up as a child through the Hippie Era was an experience. Oh, I can hear your 'wheels' grinding now. "Now we'll get to the bad stuff in your life!" No, I'm sorry to say, but with strong religious/moral values and convictions from Mom, I survived that era...drug-free, sex-free, smoking and alcohol-free. Well, you might say, "Big-Wowie, Miss Goodie Two-Shoes." My Angel of Mercy.... GOD.... with His grace, His All-Embracing arms were there to protect and guide me. Of course there was always the thought in the back of my mind, that if I ever got caught doing any of those things, my parents would have 'killed' me.
....As I sat in the driveway of our front seat in the family car with my mom, I heard, "Put your seat belt on. You don't know. You might be in a car accident." I turned around quickly to see who said that, only to NOT realize it was GOD speaking to me. Mom heard nothing!!! So, what did I do? I argued with GOD. Every time I said 'NO', He would say 'YES'! When I yielded my strong will and obeyed the command, His voice instantly left.
...Later, thoughts of fear, wildly raced through my mind, not being able to speak ... only enough time to cover my face with my arms; I gave way into sudden panic. Poor Mom and Linda!!! They never saw the car that T-Boned into the driver's side of our car, only moments before sitting, waiting at a red light, in which our final destination was to buy Linda a new wig for her senior pictures within the hour.
Great sadness welled up within me. With 'puddles' of tears pouring from my eyes, I carefully picked out the small, windshield fragments from her forehead. Frantically, but with calm peace from GOD, my mother tried feverishly to control the 'river' of blood that was flowing through her nasal passages because of a broken nose, filling the 'canyons' of her lungs ... gurgling .. grasping for air ... a fight to survive ... sadly, for only one week.
her last words on earth were; "I pray the LORD'S Will be done."

GOD'S Grace IS sufficient for ANY circumstance that we may encounter in this life? Choices? Life or death? Fair or Unfair? Heaven or Hell?

Just like Linda and I encountered the Living GOD, so can you, my friend! GOD says in His Word, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way, and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth...for the transgression of his people was he stricken." "The LORD is my SHEPHERD."

Is He your SHEPHERD?

What will your last words be on earth? Are you ready for a 'close encounter' of the spiritual kind with GOD?
This is a true story of my life and my sister, LINDA !!!