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The Passing of Jewel

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Wanda:

--- Quote from: Rene on May 19, 2021, 07:26:34 PM ---Hi Wanda,

My heartfelt condolences to you and your family. Thank you for sharing this beautiful message.

Rene

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Thank you Rene!

What a better way to speak to the love of God than by sharing our own loving experiences with others. They are all a gift from the God of love.

Wanda:

--- Quote from: Musterseed on May 19, 2021, 09:45:51 PM ---I love your mama’s name. It suited her well.
I feel like I knew her from our conversations
and she was very blessed to have you take care of her
during her last years and you were blessed to do so.

Our Lord God is good, praise be His holy name.
Jesus Christ , our Lord and Saviour.

May God be with you and your family Wanda.💕

In Christ, Pamela

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Thank you Pamela.💕

Yes her name fit her well. Although it was not her given name at birth. Interestingly her name was Ruth Naomi.🙂  Her grandmother used to  call her, "my little Jewel" and it stuck. Mom later petitioned for it to become one of her legal names.

Wanda:

--- Quote from: Rhys on May 20, 2021, 09:45:17 AM ---Thanks for being so open to sharing. It helps me as my relationship with God still not so good after losing my wife and still with physical and mental difficulties. My attitude with God at the moment is more of, oh well your going to do your will anyway so just get on with it. It sounds a bit negative but at least I know He is still in control and the way the world seems to be going right now I am glad of that. I hope I feel more peace and accepting of what is meant to be in the future.

Rhys

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Hi Rhys,
it's not hard to imagine how you're feeling.  I recall Ray talking about why Adam ate the fruit Eve offered him. I'm paraphrasing... Although the serpent deceived Eve, Adam was not deceived and ate the fruit because he didn't want to live without his wife. From my experience,  men who lose their wives struggle to deal with such a huge and terrible loss.

All I know, from first learning God saves all to where I am now, nothing was more profoundly life changing than learning to depend on God in every aspect of my life. A hard lesson for a complete control freak.  My mom often called me her most stubborn child, and I'm sure God would agree. That change in me, was so obvious my sister was blown away and still is.  Whatever any of us are struggling through there is a reason for it and something we are learning to overcome. As Ray said, being saved is the hardest thing any of us will ever go through.

Wanda:

--- Quote from: HoneyLamb56 on May 20, 2021, 09:01:28 AM ---My condolences Wanda; you were blessed to have been there with your mother.  In a way she also brought peace to you and your family with whatever she was experiencing.

Diane

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Thank you Diane,
It is obvious to me that this experience has blessed many in our family. It all fits so perfectly with the kind of women my mama was.

Wanda:
From my earliest memories my mama was never a Church goer. She had little respect for the leaders nor many of the self proclaimed Christian's, but she did worship God.  When thinking back to when she was talking about the river,  it occurred to me when I was growing up she used to sing an old Church hyme she loved...We will Gather at the River. It was in reference to the anticipation of restoration and reward, and the water of life in  Revelation 22

Revelation 22:1-2

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Considering my mom hadn't spoken a single word in five days when she suddenly started talking about the river, and the other things I witnessed shortly after, sure does give me reason to ponder what we witnessed. No matter, I consider it a gift of God's great love.

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