Eye on Faith

Sunday, October 6, 2019

This is what forgiveness looks like

Return of the Prodigal Son (Rembrandt)

Imagine somebody opening your brother’s front door, then shooting him as he’s enjoying a bowl of ice cream.

For Brandt Jean, this was not imaginary. His brother Botham was killed a year ago by a neighbor who mistook his apartment for her own. Dallas policewoman Amber Guyger then thought that Botham was an intruder, and fired at him in alleged self-defense.

Just a few days ago, Guyger was “sentenced to 10 years.” Brandt Jean was in the courtroom and amazingly asked the judge if he could give Amber a hug. Permission was granted, and the world can now see what forgiveness looks like.

Resources

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/03/amber-guyger-hug-forgiveness-courtroom-and-its-many-meanings/3851088002/

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Walking Tall

Hybrid Limb (Photo by Steve Jurvetson)

Sporting a tee-shirt with the emblem “I GOT LEGS,” Adam Gorlitsky “completed 17.2 miles of the Los Angeles Marathon” this past March.

Gorlitsky was even able to navigate the daunting “traffic and hills” of this region. It took 19 hours and “the help of a $95,000 exoskeleton” to accomplish all that. Plus a whole lot of true grit.

When asked how his feat felt, Gorlitsky replied: It’s an incredible feeling being out at the same height as everybody…

Resources

https://www.barstoolsports.com/chicks/a-paralyzed-man-uses-an-exoskeleton-to-walk-the-la-marathon

Friday, October 4, 2019

Salty 93rd

Anna Maria Beachfront (VitaleBaby)

Many folks shun extra salt, but they make an exception for special occasions.

Like a birthday. Like a 93^rd birthday.

Howard Fisher has lived by the Gulf of Mexico for more than 20 years, yet “never once went in the ocean.” When his daughter came to celebrate Fisher's 93^rd, he had just one birthday wish: to swim in the Gulf.

Sandra Fisher Van Nostrand was determined to make this happen. She borrowed a beach wheelchair for the occasion. As they neared the shore, strangers helped her father out of the chair and into the water.

Howard’s reaction? “Salty,” he said, grinning from ear to ear.

Resources

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/93-year-old-florida-man-goes-swimming-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-for-the-first-time