Telling Others of His Love

Today we sit in a hospice room waiting for my mother to finish the race. As I look back over her life I am happy that I can say that she knew the Lord. My father also knew the Lord and I know he is waiting for her. I can only imagine the joy that will be shared as the see each other again, a joy I will someday share.

I can not understand how anyone can face death without knowing Christ. The horror that awaits them, and their spirit know this. If we as Christian know this also, why do we not work for the Lord so that no one is lost? Are we afraid that we will be laughed at, or ridiculed? The Bible tells us that if we confess Jesus before men He will confess us before The Father, but if we confess not He will not confess us.

There are many in the World that will face death for telling others of Christ. You can be jailed in China, and martyred in most Islam states, yet there are people there that will tell you about Jesus. They have chosen the Lord and the gates of hell will not prevail against them. We in the US will face this in the future. Things will get very bad for us in the end times. Is your faith strong enough to withstand the attack and still witness for Him even unto death. That may not be what the Lord plans for you but we should be ready to do this if it is required. WE ARE TO WITNESS OF HIM ALWAYS.

My prayer is that I always be ready to tell of His wonderful love for us, that He died for us and we can know Him in a personal way. To always praise Him, to always worship Him as He is worthy of our praises. If we all tell others of His love we can see many saved and we can hear Jesus say to us WELL DONE MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.

nearing the end

I am sitting in the hospital room watching my mother breath knowing that there will me only a small time left here on earth for her. My father died in 1976 and I know he is waiting for her. He was a Godly man, and I know he waits for her. As we watch I can have the knowledge that I will see her again, I can not imagine what it is like to someone who doesn't not have that knowledge. Only through Christ Jesus can we have that knowledge.

I became a born again Christian in 1957 at the age of 12. I can not say I always walked like I should have. I drifted away, far away, but The Lord always kept calling me back. I was a rebel and kept away, only occasionally even attending church. A few years ago I came back and I know I will never again drift away.

In 2006 I had a death experience and I feel that only The Lord saw me through it. I was having dizzy spells and the Doctors decided I needed a tilt table test. As I was on the table the doctor told me he was going to mush my carotid bodies. I felt a sudden tingling feeling. I then heard the doctor yelling at me asking if I was OK. He was standing with those paddles they use to restart a heart. He had just used them on me. They had found out what was wrong with me while I was in a place that I could be fixed. I believe that The Lord had placed me there in the hands of good doctors. I believe that the Lord kept me here for a reason and I am going to do his will.

Every day we have to me ready for the battle. When a love one is dying it is a hard battle. Satan tries to tell us that we are not saved or that our love one is his, or that you have made a bad decision. HE IS WRONG. Prayer defeats him, Christ has already won the victory, we have only to let HIM lead the fight. Praise God for the victory. Death has no hold on us, Christ does.

Our decision about our mother

Yesterday the decision was made to just keep my mother comfortable. She is not getting better. It has been a week and is so weak that she will not improve. We talked to her doctors yesterday about this and they finally told us they don't believe she will improve. I would like to thank everyone for there prayers. She had a long walk with the Lord, at it is time to go home.

Trying day

Today has been a very trying day at the hospital. The staff on my mothers floor is a different group and does not seem to be as caring. She has been there for 6 days and this group just doesn't seem to care. It has taken The Lord to see us through today. I believe Satan is trying to put his will in this, but he has found he can not.

Her heart is very weak and we have decided no surgery. Her Heart doctor didn't even ask, He know, which made the finial decision my sister has to make easier. She is a fighter and she may pull through with The Lords help.

The emotions one goes through in a time like this are like a roller coaster ride. Last evening she seemed to be better, then this morning back to very sick. It leaves you physically drained, but with the knowledge that The Lord walks this with me makes it possible to go on. My sister supernatural Christian and myself are both walking this together. We both have prayed for the Father's will to be done.

We have a wonderful Father in Heaven Who knows best and we are placing our mother's care in His hands. Praise God.

Letting Go

As I wrote on Friday my mother is in the hospital. She seems to be about the same. Her heart is failing. I have been praying for God's guidance. At her age it may be time to let her go. This is of course is hard to do. Our flesh wants to hang on, but our Heavenly Father may say it is time. If this is His will, I must accept it. She is suffering and I do not want that either.

As I ask for his will to be done I have found comforted in the prayer of others. Many understand that I want God's will, not mine, and have prayed for strength for me. I believe this is the way The Lord wants us to pray. The Lord is preparing me to let her go. Only through Him can I find the strength to endure. I know that someday soon I will join her there, and she will have a new body and will be standing there, with my Dad, waiting for me. It is a wonderful thing that awaits us. Praise God for all His mercy. Praise God for His love.

My Mother

I am not going to be blogging today. My mother is back in the hospital, and as she is 85 I wish to spend as much time as possible with her. I may write something tonight. Please pray for her.

Patton's Prayer

Yesterday I received a new Bible from my sister. It is called The Arman's Bible. I was in the Air Force from 1963 t 67. As I looked through it I found prayers by several military leaders.

One that stood out was written for General George Patton. On Dec. 8,1944 Gen. Patton called the Chaplain of the 3rd army James O'Neill and ask him for a prayer for good weather. The Chaplain composed a prayer and a Christmas greeting for the 3rd Army. When he delivered the prayer to Patton, the General ask him " How much praying is being done in the 3rd Army." He went on to say that prayer was an indispensable part of every soldier life.

The General went on to say that God had been good to the 3rd Army. They had never lost a battle, never retreated. He felt prayer was one of the reasons. He told the Chaplain that God was everywhere and the men need to pray everywhere. They did not need a building, or other worship center to pray. He said they should pray while driving, fighting, all the time. From this training letter #5 was sent out to all officers in the 3rd army down to the regimental level. This was done on Dec 14, 1944.

On Dec. 16, 1944 Germany launched an offensive called by the Americans The Battle of The Bulge. Poor weather caused problems for the Americans facing the attack. Gen. Patton's 3rd army was far to the South but turned North and prayed for good weather. On Dec 20 the sky opened and good weather appeared as the 3rd army approached. This allowed the air power to strike and Patton's tanks to fight. In Jan 1945 Gen. Patton told Chaplain O'Neill "prayer works, I knew it would."

Today as our military fights again they need our prayers. They need the protection from our Almighty God. Just as in 1944, prayer works, I know it does.

Part of this blog comes from The Airman's Bible,page 1123 1124, Holman Christian Standard Bible, copy write 2004.

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