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A Brief History of Light for Living. 

Light for Living began as a writing ministry of Pastor Gary Click while pastoring the Calvary Baptist Church in Clinton, IN. His articles were published in the local newspaper, The Daily Clintonian. They were also distributed to email subscribers and several were posted on this website. 

Shortly after assuming the pastorate of the Fremont Baptist Temple, Fremont, OH, he was approached by Pastor James Lewis and chief operator, Brian Benedict about providing a two thirty-minute Radio Programs for the weekend. (WHVT 90.5 fm) At this point, Pastor Click's writing ministry transformed into a radio ministry.

Due to time constrains, the weekly devotional gave way to the radio ministry. However, these devotionals are still available online through the Light for Living Archives.

Pastor Click is still active in writing bible studies, dramas and devotional articles for other applications. We hope to make those resources available soon. 

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The Gift of Life

Before Thanksgiving is even over, the thoughts of many are already focused on gifts for Christmas. Some people are so hard to buy for. Have you ever gone looking for a present without any idea of just what you were looking for? You just hoped something would jump of the shelf and would be the perfect gift.

Will you allow me to point you in another direction today? Jesus said, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13. No, I’m not asking you to give your life. But the fact is that one day each of us will face the end of our life. When that time comes we are in the unique position to give the gift of life to another.

I must admit that I have been like most of the population when it comes to organ donation. I didn’t give it much thought. I always felt like there were enough organs to go around and they didn’t need mine. And to be quite honest, I felt a little "skweamish" about donating my organs. My attitude changed once I became friends with someone in need of a transplant. Jim Hastings has been on the list for a lung transplant for over six years. For the last several months, he has been number one on the list. Every day he waits for the call, but it hasn’t come yet. The call has not come because there are many people like I was, who do not donate their organs.

My heart broke when Jim told me of a young lady who had made it all the way to the number one spot on the list, then died waiting for a set of lungs to become available. Of all the people who died while she was on that list, just one person could have made the difference… just one.

I was surprised when I did a little research on the subject. Although most people believe that there are enough organs to go around the truth is quite different. While over 2,000,000 deaths occurred in the United States in 1999 only 5,848 of the deceased were organ donors. Unfortunately, there are currently 73,256 people waiting for a transplant of some kind. Imagine a population the size of Terre Haute in need of transplants yet out of the entire United States only a population equal to the size of Clinton who would volunteer to be organ donors.

Looking at these numbers, I become increasingly aware that there is not a shortage of organs but a shortage of organ donations. That is why this year, for the first time, I designated on my drivers license that I wanted to be an organ donor. If you will allow me to, I would like to encourage you to do the same. Then share that decision with your spouse or someone close to you who will insure that your wishes are carried out.

Few of us look forward to dying. Be sure that I am not in a hurry to donate my organs. Yet, I have come to the conclusion that should my death be premature, I want some good to come from it. I want my family to take comfort in the fact that when I go to heaven a part of me will still be here on earth doing good for someone else.

Remember what Jesus said, "Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Matthew 25:40

If you are interested in becoming an organ donor click here to fill out an organ donation card that you can carry in your wallet. Let me invite you to visit Jim's website and read his story. You can find more information about organ donation at www.organdonor.gov. 

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This article was originally written on December 1, 2000. On July 12, 2001 Jim went to be with the Lord as a result of complications from a lung transplant. Jim was 35.

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