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We believers have the assurance that whatever earthly and physical restraints may hold us in "bubbles" today will be perfectly healed by our heavenly Father when we step into eternity.”
An editor and career journalist known worldwide, Jean-Dominique Bauby saw his fast-paced life come to an abrupt end on December 8, 1995, when a stroke left him in a state of virtually total paralysis ("like a mind in a jar," in his own words).
Yet he persevered: Before long he learned to communicate by telegraphing series of long and short blinks with his left eyelid—the only muscle still under his control. In June 1996 he blinked out a letter to some 60 friends and associates to assure them that his mind still worked fine. His former editors were so moved that they convinced him to use the eyeblink method to dictate a book of memoirs about his condition. That 137-page book was published in France in March 1997, and Bauby died less than 72 hours later. One notable part of the book involves Bauby's reflection on the possibility of future healing: "Is there a key out in the cosmos that can unlock my bubble? A currency valuable enough to buy my freedom? … I'm going there."
As Christians, we have the assurance that whatever earthly and physical restraints may hold us in "bubbles" today will be perfectly healed by our heavenly Father when we step into eternity.
Source: "A Triumph of the Spirit," Time, 3/24/97, p. 90.
Topics/Tags: Reward; Perseverance; Writing