"Hand of Hope"

Miracles do happen 

My friend Bona sent this to me in my email today with this explanation:



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, 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 Samue 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! PS 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