tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post4037278181214380905..comments2022-11-05T06:02:53.418-07:00Comments on Dawn Ponderings: We wait for the glory...Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682029173527471837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post-30580454471957519182013-04-11T17:27:50.625-07:002013-04-11T17:27:50.625-07:00Thanks Val. I do ponder this idea of our spirits ...Thanks Val. I do ponder this idea of our spirits being very much alive and well though our bodies fail. My Dad is known in the Alz. Unit for his smile. We just caught him on a bad day when pictured. The next visit he was chipper and making eye contact and smiling. He seemed aware of who we were and happy to see us. Hard tucking him in that last time with a goodbye kiss. One day no more goodbyes.<br />Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682029173527471837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post-279073978197512862013-04-11T17:23:09.974-07:002013-04-11T17:23:09.974-07:00Thanks, Wayne for sharing your story. My Dad has j...Thanks, Wayne for sharing your story. My Dad has just turned 77. It is a comfort to know He is in God's hands, and Mom too. <br /><br />Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682029173527471837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post-14934181926090294002013-04-10T22:24:52.512-07:002013-04-10T22:24:52.512-07:00Lived this with my beloved father.....very hard to...Lived this with my beloved father.....very hard to see their once strong bodies and agile minds deteriorate before our very eyes......but somehow it remains true that though our outward man perish, our inward man is renewed day by day. The sweetness of my father's spirit grew with the passage of time, inside of his poor broken body.... When the time is right, the appointed day will come for your dad....may His grace carry you till then, the day of his release.....much love to you....thanks for writing!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180120440153922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063575672808296948.post-10600915933714712262013-04-08T13:09:06.015-07:002013-04-08T13:09:06.015-07:00Our time is not His time. My late father-in-law e...Our time is not His time. My late father-in-law epitomized a faithful minister for Christ. A Godly man who preached for 40+ years, made regular trips to the poorest cities in India and Eastern Europe when it was under Soviet control, he would come home with only the clothes on his back, having given everything else to the pastors he went to train. Now he had been in bed for months in serious pain which defied the most powerful drugs. The last 2 months of his life were spent in restless unconsciousness in obvious discomfort. Why didn't GoD answer our prayers and take him home? The night before he died my he regained consciousness, was free of pain and had a long conversation with my wife without the use of his hearing aids. He passed away the next morning. At the funeral service the program showed that he had lived 77 years 7 months, and 7 days. My father-in-law had often taught that 7 was the number of completion. Coincidence? We felt silly questioning God's time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828969032220943922noreply@blogger.com