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Outside the doors of a state-of-the-art medical center, a team of paramedics rushed in from their ambulance with a young soldier in critical condition. The twenty-two year old patient could hardly breathe while lying on his back, tightly strapped to a gurney that was headed straight for the operating room.

The young man’s frightened wife was close behind, holding their one year-old daughter to her chest as she followed. She imagined what life would be like without her best friend, and prayed that their child would grow old with the father who loved them so much.

As the paramedics carefully transferred the patient to the surgical team, the young man grabbed hold of his wife’s hand and stared into her sweet blue eyes. A tear ran down her cheek as he spoke what might be his final words.

“I’ll see you in a few hours sweetheart,” said the young man. “But if not, don’t worry. I’ve been in heaven since we first met.”

She smiled, but was unable to speak as the surgeon reminded them of the situation’s urgency.

“I’m sorry ma’am,” said the surgeon, “But we really need to get him into the OR.”

She nodded her head in understanding and covered her mouth to conceal the emotion.

She squeezed her dying husband's hand twice before the surgical team could take him away. He knew exactly what she meant, and smiled in return.

The young family parted ways, unsure of how things would play out.

As the anesthesia gripped hold of the young man’s waning consciousness, the light overhead began to fade. The medications quickly took over, and his heart rate slowed in preparation for the coming operation. Soon, his heart came to a complete stop, and his entire future hung in the balance, clearly dependent upon the compassion, skill, and teamwork of others.

Just then, as he slipped into another dimension, something astonishing happened. An unforeseen tipping point had been reached within the cosmos, and the ever-expanding universe suddenly changed course. During the dramatic process, everything in existence was returned to its most basic form, and brought back to the clean slate from which it all began. Not even the light could escape the unprecedented gravitational pull.

When the miraculous event was finally over, the universe had been compressed into a tiny, unrecognizable spec. Such events had taken place many times throughout eternity, and the mysterious cycle of cosmic re-birth would surely never end.

Then, after a brief peace during which nothing could evolve, the most amazing and inconceivable explosion occurred…and like a beating heart, The Great Mystery went to work…yet again.