![]() ![]() My faith teaches me we live in a fallen world. They come at random times, even in the middle of joy. There are odd niggles of doubt and sometimes huge dark caverns of grief. There, are, however, days and moments that wound. I love to write, and I particularly like to lean into the positive stuff of life. And when He is going to do something starts with something impossible."įor those who think I wake up with rainbows and shamrocks swirling around the room, think again. Writer Anne Lamott says it beautifully: "When God is going to do something wonderful, it starts with something hard. And that's another miracle: countless "blue babies" plagued by a desperate lack of blood oxygen, are saved. Society pushes Thomas to the margins, but medical science needs him. The privileged surgeon has talent but esteems his assistant as one set apart. If you boil the story down to its essence, what you have, really, is a miracle - a miracle set into motion by a Creative God, and, more importantly, a witness to the wonder. What could have been squelched due to "class" or "color" was reverently celebrated and, much later, awarded an honorary doctorate. It's a story of greatness recognizing genius. He praises Thomas' hands as being "like something The Lord made." Pushing against the prevailing racism of the time, Blalock brings Thomas into the operating room. He also has an astonishing set of hands: the agile, skillful hands needed in the critical intervals between life and death. discovers, has an uncanny grasp of new trends in the field of heart medicine. He needs an assistant - he finds the quiet but brilliant Vivien Thomas. Alfred Blalock is a pioneer in his field. Two talented men are thrown together in a world dominated by bigots one is a respected heart surgeon, the other is a black man who might as well be invisible. ![]() The movie, "Something The Lord Made," starts with something hard, nearly impossible. ![]() "When God is going to do something wonderful, it starts with something hard." Anne Lamott ![]()
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