Sacrifice

Dad died saving his little girl

BY MITCH DUDEK Staff Reporter/mdudek@suntimes.com, Chicago Sun-Times

"With an out-of-control car bearing down, Joseph Richardson grabbed his 4-year-old daughter and held her up out of harm's way. It was his last act -- and one that apparently saved his daughter's life. Joseph Richardson, 39, was walking with his daughter Kaniyah (right) when a car jumped the curb at 95th Street and Wentworth Avenue. Angelo Thomas, 32, has been charged in the fatality and injury. Richardson, a father of three, was killed Monday evening by the car, driven by a man who police say was drunk. The car pinned Richardson and his daughter Kaniyah against a wrought iron fence at 95th Street and Wentworth, police said. Kaniyah survived and was listed in critical but stable condition Tuesday evening at Comer Children's Hospital, where a spokeswoman said she was doing well. "He held the baby up to keep the car from destroying the baby, but it totally destroyed him," said Richardson's father, the Rev. L.V. Richardson. Richardson was walking his daughter to a McDonald's for burgers at 6:40 p.m. Monday when a 1990 Chevy Cavalier jumped a curb and careened towards them, police said, citing witness accounts. He grabbed his daughter just before the car slammed the two into the fence, police said. Richardson was pronounced dead shortly after the crash..."

Sacrifice is an amazing thing. What will we do for those we love? What will we give? This father gave his life for the child he loved. I'm sure he didn't even think about it, he didn't have to. Love doesn't have to think, it just acts. This story of a father's love is a shadow of another story that describes the love that "held us up" and saved us from death.....

Rom 5:6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
Rom 5:7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.
Rom 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Rom 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
Rom 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.