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Post by Cindy on Mar 1, 2017 12:31:40 GMT -5
Something made me remember the time when my Mom was dying of cancer. She couldn't be left alone anymore but didn't want to leave her house. The day the doctors told us that, I got a call from some friends in another part of the state who said they were coming to see my Mom and would stay with her for a couple of weeks. They arrived later that day! The day before they were due to leave, a family member who lived out west called to let me know they were coming to see my Mom and would arrive the next afternoon. they did - an hour after the first couple left. They also stayed for a couple of weeks. Then, just before they left, my biological father called to say he was coming to see her. (they had remained good friends). He also arrived within an hour of when the last person left. This continued for 2 months, and my Mom was never alone that whole time. At the end of those two months, I was ready to give birth to my second child and thought it would be much better to have my Mom at my house at least for a few weeks, as it would make it easier for me to take care of her. So when the last person was ready to leave, we loaded her and her hospital bed up and took her to our house. I had my baby, my son Michael and she got to hold him. Six days after he was born, my mother died. But God in His mercy and love had made sure that she was taken care of and loved every single day for those last few months.
Even she realized how miraculous this was, as it just wasn't something that normally happens. Even if I had thought to call those people (which I hadn't) and had tried to make arrangements for someone to be with her all that time, I know it would have failed. Just getting flight arrangements to work out so that they'd arrive by a certain date and time would have been impossible, not to mention getting the lengths of their stays to match up. I'd seen things like that fail often. In fact I don't think I've ever seen something like that happen without falling apart at some point. But God never fails, never! And He never stops wooing us because that's what He was doing to my mother. He wanted her to be saved. I don't know if she ever was - as far as I know she wasn't. But it certainly wasn't for lack of love or trying on God's part. It's possible she did choose to be saved during the last few days she was alive, but if she did, I won't know until I get to heaven myself. It would sure be a wonderful surprise for me if God managed it somehow, but as much as I love my mother, I'll praise Him either way.
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Post by fearnot on Mar 4, 2017 13:17:00 GMT -5
Thank you so much for that Cindy.....WOW!!
You are so right, trying to make all that happen would have been almost impossible.
But I know Jesus could have saved her ( not that is a given or a for sure thing)....but he could have stretched her last seconds even into hours, or days or weeks, months whatever ( he is the author and controller of time) right/
I do so pray you will be surprised to see her in Heaven....that would be so like Jesus, to have that as one of an endless number of surprises for you throughout eternity.
I understand, it might not have happened...
but until we get to heaven, we just don't know, so we can continue to hope.
It sure would have been ( and would be ) so much better, if our loved ones did not or do not wait until their last breath tho.
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Post by Cindy on Mar 8, 2017 12:05:47 GMT -5
yep, it's possible. Like I said though, I know that however it turns out, the Lord will have done right and I know too that the Lord loved her dearly even if she didn't return His love.
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Post by Leigh on Mar 8, 2017 22:09:57 GMT -5
Great post Cindy; thank you for sharing your mother's story. It really hits close to home, as we have a friend in her final days or maybe even hours of life right now, at her own home, surrounded by her loving family. I am so glad your mother was able to hold baby Michael and spend her last few days with you. I hope, also, that she is waiting for you in Heaven. 
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Post by Cindy on Mar 9, 2017 13:33:09 GMT -5
Great post Cindy; thank you for sharing your mother's story. It really hits close to home, as we have a friend in her final days or maybe even hours of life right now, at her own home, surrounded by her loving family. I am so glad your mother was able to hold baby Michael and spend her last few days with you. I hope, also, that she is waiting for you in Heaven.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 4:19:53 GMT -5
Hi, Cindy. I finally got in here to read your thread about your Mother. Sorry it took me so long.
With what I'm going through, I was afraid, at first to read it right now. But, I'm getting a little stronger, each day, and can read some posts about death........to some degree. But, your post was uplifting. Thank you for sharing it.
And I agree with you. We really won't know about any of our loved ones, until we get to heaven. It's because God knows our hearts. He knew us before we were in the womb. So, final judgment on salvation is God's alone.
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Post by Cindy on Mar 21, 2017 10:11:28 GMT -5
Hi, Cindy. I finally got in here to read your thread about your Mother. Sorry it took me so long.
With what I'm going through, I was afraid, at first to read it right now. But, I'm getting a little stronger, each day, and can read some posts about death........to some degree. But, your post was uplifting. Thank you for sharing it.
And I agree with you. We really won't know about any of our loved ones, until we get to heaven. It's because God knows our hearts. He knew us before we were in the womb. So, final judgment on salvation is God's alone.
I don't want to mislead anyone so should say that based on what I know about my mother, things she said and did right up till the day she died, I'm 99.9% sure she's in Hell. I only leave that portion of a percent off because I'm not God and couldn't know her heart at the moment of her death. What I can know though is that unless she repented and became saved during the moments before she died, she went to hell. It's not comforting to know that, but God doesn't ask us to be comfortable with it. He always speaks the Truth to us and does so in love. We each have our life time to make the decision of who we will serve, but sadly, most people don't choose to serve God, they choose to serve themselves and live for themselves. What does comfort me is knowing that my Lord loved my mother and did all He could to woo her to Him.
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