The other day I went in for an echo stress test. I found it interesting and was glad that I passed the test. If you've never experienced this they hook you up to an EKG machine so they can monitor the heart at all times, and they take your blood pressure (a LOT), and before you start the stress test part they do a sonogram of your heart, which they do again later when you get your heartbeat up.
I laid on my side as I had been instructed and was able to look at the monitor. Now, being in pregnancy center work, I get the opportunity to see sono's pretty often and am always amazed when I can see that little flicker indicating the heart is beating and the baby is a 7 week old embryo. Amazing.
But this was much different. It wasn't a little flicker beating fast needing time to grow. No, this was my heart and it appeared to be working hard. The part that freaked me out was watching my own heart beating on the screen. I thought about how weird it would be if it suddenly stopped beating as I was watching it. YIKES! That was a scary thought.
Then I thought about how it has been working and beating for over 50 years now. Never getting a vacation, never getting time off for a job well done. What an amazing creation we are! God willing; my heart will continue to do its job for decades to come. But in the meantime, I just wonder if there shouldn't be a national heart appreciation day.
You know, a day to just stop and thank our hearts for doing their job, relentlessly, tirelessly, continually. Maybe buy it something, like an apple in stead of a bag of potato chips or a turtle sundae. :)
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