Then the neighboring cords are much more prone to rupture. When that occurs, stress on the adjoining cords is immediately increased. One of the mitral valve’s cords may rupture spontaneously. Let me describe one condition that can create just such a problem. If that were to go on very long, it would result in failure of both the heart and the lungs. The high pressure exerted by the heart is then impelled directly back to the lungs. If for any reason the mitral valve doesn’t close completely, blood is regurgitated backwards. The work of the heart goes on day after day, year after year, with or without your awareness.īut things can go wrong with the mitral valve. The mitral valve opens widely to let blood enter the pump, and then it snaps securely shut when blood is ejected from the heart. When in operation the parachute’s sail billows to form a pocket of resistance that slows the descent of the passenger tethered to it by strong cords. In a way it is like a parachute, which also consists of three important components: the flexible sail, cords, and attachments below. It consists of soft billowing tissue, cords, and attachments below. Your own mitral valve opens and closes about 100,000 times a day-36 million times each year. It is a check valve, regulating the flow of freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs into the heart’s powerful pump. Isn’t it beautiful? This delicate and durable structure is situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle. It is one of four valves within the heart. Let me begin with this picture of the mitral valve. The title of my message today is “Integrity of Heart.” I hope you will permit me to draw on my experience as a cardiac surgeon to illustrate this important topic. And you witnessed the great courage of that wonderful man whom we sustain as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Your spontaneous song of faith was inspired and effective. We commend you for your conduct during that shocking confrontation by an adversary. Many of you attended the Sunday night fireside recently (7 February 1993) when President Howard W. I thank Brother Staheli and the singers for their wonderful music-it was beautiful.ĭear fellow students and friends-beloved brothers and sisters-you look mighty good to Sister Nelson and me. We appreciate your limitless leadership and are grateful to acknowledge the presence of Sister Lee’s parents, Brother and Sister Griffin. Or maybe people around them that don't seem like they have bad consequences for their bad choices.Thank you, President Lee and Sister Lee. Ask the children how that might apply to choices they are making today, and to the future. Explain that after time the wheat will ripen and change colors and then the difference is more noticeable. Some of them will be tricked, because they are so similar. Let them guess which one is the wheat and which one is the tare. Ask the children to share how they can tell the difference between good and evil.Ĭut out the two pictures and after explaining (from primary manual) the difference. This teaches us that we live with both good and evil around us, and we must be careful to choose the right. Explain that the wheat and tares will grow together until the harvest (the end of the world). If possible, display a picture of wheat and tares. You may need to explain that tares are harmful weeds. Ask them to label their drawings using the interpretation of the parable found in Matthew 13:36–43. Invite the children to draw different scenes from the parable of the wheat and the tares, found in Matthew 13:24–30, and share their drawings with the class.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |