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skydreamers:
I'll be praying for you and your family too Peggy!

Peace and much love,
Diana

hillsbororiver:
Hello Peggy,

Dear Sister you have my prayers and empathy as you go through this very difficult experience, my Mother died (coincidently like Arcturus's Mother) 6 months after being diagnosed with liver cancer. My Mom lived in Orlando and my sister had recently moved to N. Carolina (from Orlando) because of a job opportunity my brother in law accepted. I was living in Tampa at the time but both my sister and I decided to spend as much time as possible with her, I won't get into the details but the experience of helping her and just being there for her was a healing soothing tonic for all of us, helping us face the inevitable together.

My sister and I had a benefit that unfortunately you do not presently have, a lifetime of a deep and unquestionable love from our Mother, your experience mirrors my wife's tribulation with her Mom (also liver cancer) who was colder and less appreciative of the things her daughters (my wife and her sister) did for her. Every time their brother even called my Mother in law she would brighten up and say what a great guy he was but she gave little to no credit to her daughters who cooked, cleaned and ran errands for her as her condition worsened. As a matter of fact complaints were more common than thanks as she weakened.

What an incredible journey your life has been, the Lord is preparing you for something truly special!

His Peace and Comfort to you,

Joe

ez2u:
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord thank you all for your love, prayers and encouraging words.  This is a very trying time for me as not only is my mother dying but I don't know if I shared this, my husband is growing worst with his heart condition.  The muscles are weakening and less oxygen is getting to his brain.  His decisions abilities are hingered greatly and i am left with picking up the pieces. I was angry by this at first but I know now I am  being prepare for the next age to come and the sweet fellowship I have here and with Jesus  helps.  Coming to that place of submissions to the will of the Father, laying down even the holes that are in my heart and accepting His will. The holes are still there and the pain is too  Losing my delusions of what I thought my life would be and what God wants it to be is the best.  We look for the success story in this life time but what is success here?  The closer I draw to Jesus the worst I am looking. and it is humbling and painful.  God be with you all peggy 

LittleBear:
I'm glad you posted and I can relate to what you are saying. God has a way of getting down into our self-sufficient little lives and pulling the rug out from under us, so to speak. In my life it's sort of like the water torture; you know, drip...drip...drip on the forehead. It's not so bad at first, but it just keeps on coming, doesn't stop, and it drives you mad! Well, in God it's for a purpose and like you said about being prepared for the next age, so true.

Losing my delusions of what I thought my life would be and what God wants it to be is the best.  We look for the success story in this life time but what is success here?  The closer I draw to Jesus the worst I am looking. and it is humbling and painful.

You said this so well, and again, I relate. He takes away our delusions and idols of the heart, and this is humbling and painful. I don't think we realize all the idols we hold on to so dearly until He exposes them and takes them away. It's the process of taking away our idols that is painful and humiliating. Our flesh wants what the world wants and our spirit wants Christ and it feels like a wrestling match inside of us. You know what? It is going to be an amazing success story, but not the way the world sees it. You hang in there and my prayers are with you Peggy.

Ursula

brandon h:
Well, dear Peggy, all I can say or do is agree with your fellow brothers and sisters and pray for your whole family. Remeber the unseen, and all the purposes of God. May you and your family be comforted by his warmth in these trying times


God Bless

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