Mary with some hope.

(  My point in the series on "Mary"  is that Jesus promises "trouble",  Jesus can't lie.  So you will have trouble even kids.  the first story is about Mary in what she thinks is a really bad situation.  "Mary with some hope" takes a closer look at the context of Mary's trouble which gives her hope.  Then "Mary with Christ center hope" gives the perspective of trouble from a biblical christian view.)

Mary With Some Hope

Mary had lived most of her life like normal children.  She would often play with the other kids.  She loved ice cream, pizza and gummy bears.

All seemed fine til one day her chest started to hurt real bad.  Mary's father took her to the doctor and they found out she had a very rare life threatening cancer.   Even though the cancer was rare, the good news was that there was only one doctor with the skills and tools to help Mary and he lived in town.  When they found the doctor that could help he said,  "If Mary did not receive treatment soon then she would die."

The doctor they found said that he could do surgery to get the cancer out but the nearby hospital did not have the proper anesthetic for the surgery.  Mary would have to go to a specific hospital in another country.  The hospital could only be reached by boat so they left as soon as possible.

Mary quickly got on the boat with her father.  The doctor was with them as well with his special tools.  On the way there Mary got more sick.  The cancer was affecting her body more and more as time went by.  And to make matters worse the ship was changing course due to an incoming storm.

Time was running out for Mary and the Doctor knew it.  If they didn't get to the hospital soon then the doctor would have to do surgery without the proper anesthetic  in order to save her life. Which was the last thing the doctor wanted to do.

The weather got worse and the ship could not find a way around it.  The captain of the ship saw an island nearby where the weather was better so they headed that direction.  As they headed for the island the waves got so strong that it tossed everyone to and fro.  The ship tossed Mary hard into a wall.  Mary put her hands in front of her to stop from slamming into the wall but broke both arms could not handle the force.  Both of Mary's arms had be broken.

The storm was so bad that the captain could not see the rocks that were near the island and the ship ran straight into them.  The shock from the collision threw Mary backwards into a table that hit her lower back first and then her head.  The impact of the table caused her to be paralyzed from the waist down and gave her a concussion.

Because the damage from the crash was so great the ship began to sink.  The doctor ran to get Mary, who was paralyzed and laying in the corner passed out.

The doctor was very careful to keep his surgical tools close to him as he picked Mary up and put her in a life boat.  The doctor and others paddled very fast to get to shore.  They where still afraid of the storm.  Also the waves where very high causing water to enter the boat where may was laying so the doctor lifted Mary's head high so she would not drown.



Soon the doctor and Mary got the shore along with some other people.  Everyone was in a panic.  Fathers looking for their children and children crying looking for their parents and all kinds of people in pain because of the crash.  Getting to shore was one thing but Mary's condition had worsened.  Mary would soon die if the doctor would not perform surgery right then and there.  As the doctor was getting his tools.....   Now read Mary with no Hope.





Why would Mary have hope in this situation?

How did knowing the context of the story help?

How did knowing who was causing Mary's pain help give her hope?

If Mary would have known that it was a doctor causing her the pain would she be mad or angry with the doctor for opening her up and saving her life even if it caused her all that pain?




Everything that was needed to know to give Mary hope was either forgotten by Mary in the hopeless version of the story or she could not see clearly to understand who it was that was causing her so much pain.

Mary with no hope during pain and suffering

(Parents please read this all the way thru first before reading it to your children because it may be to scary.   My point in the series on "Mary"  is that Jesus promises "trouble",  Jesus can't lie.  So you will have trouble even kids.  the first story is about Mary in what she thinks is a really bad situation.  "Mary with some hope" takes a closer look at the context of Mary's trouble which gives her hope.  Then "Mary with Christ center hope" gives the perspective of trouble from a biblical christian view.)

    Mary opened her eyes and could barely make out what was happening.   Her head hurt real bad like she had hit it on something.  She couldn't quite think straight.   Not only was Mary mentally not focused but her body was all messed up as well.  Both of her arms were in excruciating pain and she cold not feel her legs.

 

There were other people there but Mary only got more scared because the people were screaming and in a panic.  Mother's were screaming looking for their children and both parents and children alike were all crying.
  As far as Mary could tell she was on a beach.  She could feel the sand underneath her body and hear the waves every now and then.  Plus she was all wet and freezing.


    Just then a man came by that seemed to look a little familiar.  Mary could hardly say a word cuz she was in so much pain.  But she could still see the man who was now kneeling next to her on the beach.  He said a few things that she did not understand and then put his hand firmly on her shoulder and then took out a knife.

   The man proceeded to cut her chest straight down the middle.  Mary screeched out loudly in pain and tried to get away from the man but he was to strong for her.  Plus she couldn't move her legs, her arms were broken and she was only 6 years old.

  When Mary wasn't  squirming very much the man continued to cut inside of Mary near her heart.  This caused Mary to be in even worse pain than before.  "What is this man doing to me?"  she thought to herself.   All the screaming around her, pain in her arms, not being able to move, someone cutting her open and so much pain she thought "How come all this bad is happening to me?  I hurt everywhere and some mean man is holding me down and cutting me open.  No wondering everyone is crying and screaming.  There is a bad man doing terrible things to everyone."  Mary started to think that this same man was the one who broke her arms and caused her legs to not move so that he could be even more mean to her.

   Every cut that the man made was more painful than the next.  Mary was in great pain, was angry and hated the man for doing all of this to her.  And even worse, Mary had lost all hope of ever making it out of this alive.


For hope go to post on Mary with some hope.

The story ends abruptly because in life when we are in the middle of any type of pain then we don't know, with absolute certainty, how it will end.