My husband used to get called to donate blood all the time because his type is more rare. I’m thankful for people that do donate! It is such a gift. Blood is definitely a strong image of Christ’s love for us. Thanks for sharing, Lori. Just found your comment from last week in my spam folder. It’s been working overtime lately, unfortunately. 🙁

Blessings, my friend!
Lori

You prove that giving blood does come with a price, Barbie. Makes the blood of Jesus all the more special!

Ha. You’re right, Kelly. We do tend to see blood flowing more freely with children than adults. I suppose we grow to be more careful about spilling blood as we age. I agree that these tangible reminders are good prompts for us to bring our thoughts to spiritual things that we might otherwise take for granted.

Noticing blood when it’s out of place…yes, that can be quite jarring. That grabs my attention too. I noticed blood on my arm after my daughter’s wedding on Sunday. After thinking about it, I decided it must have been from the pin on my corsage. 🙂

I think about food a lot too. But I’ve never had black pudding. Maybe I needn’t try it; I don’t need to crave any more foods.

Let me know if you give blood the next time the van comes around! I wonder if the blood donation process is very different between the States and England.

Oh, wow—I didn’t know they gave you all that information now. What a cool thing. I’ve been denied the past few times I’ve tried to donate due to previous travel and a surgery. But maybe now I’ll be all clear. Thanks for sharing that info, Floyd. And thanks for donating! We used to say, we’d never know the life you saved, but now maybe we can know.

I don’t think I would have been a very good Jew back in the day. All that animal sacrifice would have made me nauseous! You’re right that it was quite a bloodier mess than we typically think about. But yes, what a picture of the cost of sin. Thanks for sharing this aspect of it, June!

How wonderful that you’ve personally seen that blood transfusions make a difference! (although the need for it wasn’t wonderful….) I’m glad you were able to give some to your husband, Anita; what a neat feeling that must have been to know that some of your literal blood was flowing in his veins!

The cookies and juice are always an incentive to me to donate blood. 🙂 But I do love the selflessness that goes into giving blood. I admire people who do it frequently. I’ve also been denied because of overseas travel and it was quite the bummer. Thankfully I’ve never needed a blood transfusion, but if I ever do, I know how grateful I will be of donors! Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us, Ceil!