Thanks buck for this post. I often go through life and forget how lucky I am. God has blessed this sinner more than I ever deserved. At 10, I was diagnosed with an in operable spinal tumor. Spent the next 2 yrs in surgery, paralized from the waist down, dies twice on the operating table, etc. I remember lying in bed and the doctors telling my mom that I would never walk again and I would never live to be 13. I used to pray every night for God to take all the sickness and diseases and give them all to me, because I could take it and gladly would have. I also remember at night I could feel someone rubbing my legs, and I told my mom "Don't worry Jesus is making me better. I will walk again" The stupid doctors told her that it was just "ghost" feelings. At 13, I was walking and never looked back. These are just a few blessings that God has given to this humble servant. Even today, my mother is laying in Cleveland Clinic having just had a liver transplant. They told her that if that liver hadn't arrived when it did, she would have died within a week. She is still having complications but God willing she will pull through.
OBTW - if there are any of you who have any doubt about the "tunnel of light" after we die, don't worry, for some it is there. Don't wanna come across preachy but I have been blessed more than I ever deserve.
Thanks again buck. And jmbuck, all things are possible with God and I will have you in my prayers.