I was born on July 7, 1984 at 3:30 in the morning. The doctor asked my mom about getting me circumcised right away, but my mom felt uneasy about it and said she needed to be ready, and she wasn't ready yet. My parents didn't want me to be in the hospital overnight, so they brought me home that day. I had been given a shot in my left heel, and it had been bleeding. My dad held me throughout the night, trying to stop the bleeding with his right index finger on my heel and his thumb on the top of my foot. He bought some gauze for it and held onto my foot all night. By early morning, he was quite concerned and he decided to take me to the hospital to find out why my blood just wouldn't clot. They ran tests and finally gave me a vitamin k shot, and my blood finally started to clot like it's supposed to. It wasn't for another couple weeks that I was circumcised, and my mom was told that if I had been circumcised the day I was born, before I had received that vitamin k shot, I could have bled to death. To this day, almost 41 years later, I have a mark on the top of my left foot, with a purplish color to it and my veins sticking out, on the exact spot my dad's thumb held onto my little foot as he kept the bleeding from my heel at bay until he could take me to the hospital and get me the help I needed. Today, I often tell people that I have my dad's thumbprint on my foot as evidence that he protected me.
Our Father in Heaven has given us, His children, "thumbprints" evidencing His love and protection in our spiritual infancy and throughout our lives. We each are given the Light of Christ, enabling us to discern between good and evil. He's given us the earth we live on, the air we breath, the blood running through our veins, and many, many other things.
What thumbprints have you seen in your life? What are some ways you can tell He loves you and cares about you as His child?
~Brad Hill
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