Butler Posted March 16, 2007 Group: Junior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/28/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/28/1982 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I am currently going through it for the first time in my life. As I am typing this reply we are waiting for news from my dad. He is in ICU and his organs ceased to function.... We are in another country and mom only has my brother with her. So, I am sitting here all day, wondering, waiting, emotionally tired, but my spirit soars.... Daddy is saved and we are preparing for Jesus to take daddy home.... I have comfort in the fact that my daddy is a child of the Living God and that God knows what He's doing, even if it hurts us in the process. He is in control! Amen! My prayers are that God will be glorified whatever the outcome..... Esther Im sorry that you are going through this rought time. Knowing that your dad will be with God is such a relief Im sure. The promise that we will be reunited in heaven is something to hold onto. I will be praying. God bless Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikado5001 Posted March 16, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 145 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 972 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/03/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/23/1973 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Loved ones I have lost.... Fall of 1979 my father died April 1994 my Grandmother died September of 1995 my mother died November of that same year my Aunt died So I have lost loved ones. Sadly I, nor they, were saved at the time. IT HURTS IT SUCKS I FEEL ABANDONED I FEEL DEPRESSED I HAVE TRIED TO FIND SOLACE IN THE FLESH FOOD, DRINKS, MOVIES, THEATER, WHATEVER FOLKS TRY TO SOUND OPTIMISTIC FILLING MY HEAD WITH NONSENSE "THIS TO SHALL PASS" It's a death, not a kidney stone! "THEY ARE IN A BETTER PLACE" Yeah. Hell is a better place?" 28 years since my Dad died. 12 years since my Aunt and Mother died. AND THE PAIN IS STILL HERE!! JESUS! WHY DO YOU LET THIS PAIN STAY IN MY HEART??? HOW CAN I SERVE YOU LIKE THIS? AM I TO SERVE AS A WARNING TO OTHERS? I NEED ANSWERS!! NOW!! YEAH YOU HEARD ME JESUS, NOW!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansasdad Posted March 16, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,227 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/19/1964 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Thank you for this thread. There is much healing here. God is present. I have lost both of my parents not that long ago. My mother when she was 58 and my father when he was 64. The emptiness still hits me at times. For no apparent reason I will just miss them. There is no longer something tangible. I lost Both parents to cancer, I hate that disease. My Mother fought it with grace, and a positive attitude, but lost the fight. She suffered through the process. My Father did not fight well, It was a difficult period, and he physically suffered as well. Our family did come together through the process and continue to be a good support for each other. Yes the pain will ease but will always be there. I can not imagine loosing a child. For those that have, I am so sorry for your lose. My Wife has also lost her Father, So the only one left is her Mother. God Bless, K.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biblicist Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Steven Curtis Chapman ~ With Hope This is not at all how We thought it was supposed to be We had so many plans for you We had so many dreams And now you've gone away And left us with the memories of your smile And nothing we can say And nothing we can do Can take away the pain The pain of losing you, but ... We can cry with hope We can say goodbye with hope 'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no And we can grieve with hope 'Cause we believe with hope (There's a place by God's grace) There's a place where we'll see your face again We'll see your face again And never have I known Anything so hard to understand And never have I questioned more The wisdom of God's plan But through the cloud of tears I see the Father's smile and say well done And I imagine you Where you wanted most to be Seeing all your dreams come true 'Cause now you're home And now you're free, and ... We have this hope as an anchor 'Cause we believe that everything God promised us is true, so ... So we can cry with hope And say goodbye with hope We wait with hope And we ache with hope We hold on with hope We let go with hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricH Posted March 16, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 366 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,933 Content Per Day: 1.57 Reputation: 212 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/21/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted March 16, 2007 I lost both of my parents within 2 years of each other to cancer. I still miss them very much. I was also very close to my grandparents who all died within 5 years of each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biblicist Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 (edited) My aunt and uncle died within three days of each other. They were married 50 years. He was in a nursing home with parkinsons. She had a Dr's appointment because she had shortness of breath, weight gain and general sluggishness. Her grandson went to the house to get her and she had died peacefully in her sleep of conjestive heart failure. The family all went to the nursing home to tell him the news but no word was necessary. He looked from one to the other and knew. Not long after that he let go and went to be with the Lord, and his beloved wife. Their caskets were placed head to head in the funeral home, and they were burried next to each other in the cemetary. They always talked about not being able to survive on this earth without each other. Guess, they were right. They were a very special couple. Hope God likes blue carpeting. I am completely shocked at how difficult that was to tell. Edited March 16, 2007 by Biblicist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansasdad Posted March 16, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,227 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/19/1964 Share Posted March 16, 2007 My aunt and uncle died within three days of each other. They were married 50 years. He was in a nursing home with parkinsons. She had a Dr's appointment because she had shortness of breath, weight gain and general sluggishness. Her grandson went to the house to get her and she had died peacefully in her sleep of conjestive heart failure. The family all went to the nursing home to tell him the news but no word was necessary. He looked from one to the other and knew. Not long after that he let go and went to be with the Lord, and his beloved wife. Their caskets were placed head to head in the funeral home, and they were burried next to each other in the cemetary. They always talked about not being able to survive on this earth without each other. Guess, they were right. They were a very special couple. Hope God likes blue carpeting. I am completely shocked at how difficult that was to tell. Yes it was difficult to type. I found it hard to know what I wanted to say. None of my words seemed right. I would bet that this is a common experience for several of us. K.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz4JC Posted March 17, 2007 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 77 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 248 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/27/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/05/1946 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Greetings~ My husband died in 1986 at the age of 55. My father died in 2002, in his 83 year. Loosing someone to death is hard but everyone goes thru it. It is sort of strange how things happen. It seems every time we had a birth in the family, someone in the family died. Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat8585 Posted March 17, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,360 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 7,866 Content Per Day: 1.23 Reputation: 26 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/22/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/18/1946 Share Posted March 17, 2007 My best friend's daughter just died of cancer at 44. I talked to her the day before the funeral, but haven't been able to reach her since. I called all her other daughters and left messages with them, too, but can't reach anyone, and haven't heard from anyone. She said she'd call me when she got back in town. I then thought maybe she was exhausted and needed time to just be by herself to grieve. But it's been more than a week after the funeral. I'm getting a little concerned. I don't want to seem pushy. I thought about writing a note to her. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tah Posted March 17, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 105 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3,131 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 126 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/12/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted March 17, 2007 I understand... The deep sorrow will pass.. The joy of being together again will replace most of it... Like Leonard, I have lost many loved ones... Bless you as you come to terms with your grief and may you find your comfort in the Lord... "I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me...".. Davids words as he heard of the death of his little son... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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