Pics of Life & the Defenseless
(A new born baby)
Hand of Hope
(Note to Viewers: Here is a copy of a famous forwarded email in circulation, showing the beauty of human life. The author of this e-mail is unknown.)
A picture began circulating in November. It should be "The Picture of the
Year," or perhaps, "Picture of the Decade." It won't be. In fact, unless you
obtained a copy of the US paper which published it, you probably would never
have seen it. The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel
Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The
baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if
removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an
obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical
procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he
performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.
During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a
small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner completed the surgery on
Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed hand through the
incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's
finger. Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it
was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the
procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile. The photograph captures this
amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, "Hand of
Hope." The text explaining the picture begins, "The tiny hand of 21-week-old
fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the
finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life."
Little Samuel's mother said they "wept for days" when they saw the picture. She
said, "The photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness,
it's about a little person" Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100
percent successful. Now see the actual picture, and it is
awesome...incredible....and hey, pass it on! The world needs to see this one!
P.S. Don't tell me God isn't awesome!!!!!
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.