My wife's only surviving brother passed away on Monday, 7-20-2020. This morning 7-25-2020 my first cousin, with whom I had been very close also died. Please keep us in prayer as we seek God's comfort.
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Prayer Warrior
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Oh, bless your hearts!!! I pray that you will both feel God's wonderful comfort and grace during this time of bereavement.
Sorry to hear this John. Gods comfort and peace be with you and your wife.
Pathfinder7
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@Pathfinder7 Prayer and the Scriptures are such a recourse for the believer, indeed.
My deepest condolences and heartfelt prayers are with you during this grievous time.
Waiting on him
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I'm so sorry John ...
It does bring home the frailty of life.... we have had close friends going Home before us....we are not quite 'the last ones standing' but it is beginning to feel like that.
My only friend here in the city we live in has been told that she could die as early as Christmas , or as late as April-ish. ( cancer)
She has been fighting the thing for 4 years now...but now it is winning.
She texted me yesterday say that she had finished doing her will and all her finally wishes, seen the funeral arrangements all in place .... she said -
'Who knew that dying could be this complicated! '
She has always been so upbeat and positive..saying 'it is a win-win situation..if I beat it I win, if it beats me , I win, I will be Home earlier. It is just horrible as the body shrinks and weakens, finally betraying us.
And with Covid , we can't see her much and only at safe distance.
So, in a way I can relate to what you and Kathy are going through...my turn of losing someone from my life is coming up.
Love and many prayers for you both ...H xx
It does bring home the frailty of life.... we have had close friends going Home before us....we are not quite 'the last ones standing' but it is beginning to feel like that.
My only friend here in the city we live in has been told that she could die as early as Christmas , or as late as April-ish. ( cancer)
She has been fighting the thing for 4 years now...but now it is winning.
She texted me yesterday say that she had finished doing her will and all her finally wishes, seen the funeral arrangements all in place .... she said -
'Who knew that dying could be this complicated! '
She has always been so upbeat and positive..saying 'it is a win-win situation..if I beat it I win, if it beats me , I win, I will be Home earlier. It is just horrible as the body shrinks and weakens, finally betraying us.
And with Covid , we can't see her much and only at safe distance.
So, in a way I can relate to what you and Kathy are going through...my turn of losing someone from my life is coming up.
Love and many prayers for you both ...H xx
Nancy
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You got them, seems to hit close together, our losses. God bless, comfort and keep you all in His loving hands.
My wife told me yesterday with tears in her eyes, that deaths sometimes seem to come in threes. I almost wish she had not said that, but what happens happens. All we can do is stay always on God's side.
In this very computer I have my own collection of obituaries. I started it a few years ago simply by name but then as it grew extremely large with with dozens of friends and family included, I doubled it to help me find people when I could recall only a name or a date. I made one folder of everyone in alphabetical order by surname and the other folder in chronological order by date of death. While I remember lots of events and faces the details contained on each person when I read them it brings other memories back from we were able to visit, see and talk with them us. Lots of empty spaces now. New friends are made as the old ones leave us.
Also for me two family members gone, but our grandson's wife is expecting our 2nd great-grand child at the end of September. It is a girl. Our replacements [if that is a proper way to describe it] are also around us or expected.
I got to where in a way I looked forward to attending funerals of people I have known. Like with my computer folders attending the funeral brings things back to mind... But no funerals we can attend with this thing. My wife's brother in San Francisco is simply too far for us. My cousin's wife in Oklahoma City is close enough but they definitely won't be having the large open service they would have had under other circumstances.
My cousin's wife contracted this Covid 19 first. She had 10 really bad days with it while her husband, my cousin, was suffering from severe non-Covid problems. He tested negative for the Covid while she had it. She improved and was able to visit him in when he was admitted to hospital for his severe non-Covid problems. In the hospital he was tested again and when it came back positive, they transferred him to another hospital with a department set up for Covid 19 patients. His wife visited him in the 1st hospital but she was not allowed to see him at all for perhaps the last couple of weeks of his life. He was in a coma at the end. She knew advance the likely result, but still when she received a phone call at 2:30AM that morning she was not ready for it...
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Nancy
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How sad John. I am almost happy that I have no spouse, no children because heartache and grief is so painful. The worst, especially if one does not have Christ in their lives. Fear of losing our loved ones can be scary.
Fear in general, of course as you know can
paralyze...and the enemy uses this weapon more than ever!
It can so control us that it can control our every decision!
Prayers for you and your sweet wife...comfort and...faith over fear
God comfort you my brother.
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Stan B
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Amadeus, when my wife of 50 years died 5 years ago, I was totally unprepared for the intense pain that would follow, 1000x worse than anything I had ever before experienced during my entire life. :-(
But was all worth it, and I wouldn't change anything. 50 years of joy in exchange for a few years of pain.
I have learned to thank God for what He has given me, instead of what He has [temporarily] taken away. And I not only thank Him every day for those 50 years we enjoyed together, but all the wondrous children and grandchildren HE has given me through her, not to mention DIL's and their families.
Instead of checking the news each day, I start off checking the local obituaries.
As I approach the end of the road, regardless of the pain, it has all been worth it!
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Waiting on him
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That's the spirit.Amadeus, when my wife of 50 years died 5 years ago, I was totally unprepared for the intense pain that would follow, 1000x worse than anything I had ever before experienced during my entire life. :-(
But was all worth it, and I wouldn't change anything. 50 years of joy in exchange for a few years of pain.
I have learned to thank God for what He has given me, instead of what He has [temporarily] taken away. And I not only thank Him every day for those 50 years we enjoyed together, but all the wondrous children and grandchildren HE has given me through her, not to mention DIL's and their families.
Instead of checking the news each day, I start off checking the local obituaries.
As I approach the end of the road, regardless of the pain, it has all been worth it!
Better to have loved and lost, than to have not experienced.
As you stated temporary!
As you desire restored fellowship, God himself can relate.
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