My "birthday buddy" and her sister have been told to get her "end of life respite care". (She is my children's aunt.) Thankfully, her daughter and grand kids lives near her, siblings and nieces are on their way to visit, and she is surrounded with love and prayers. This lovely, single mother has been a hard worker her whole life and, as cold as this sounds, she will be at peace. My prayer is that she is comfortable and that they can relive beautiful, loving, and fun memories.
My beautiful - inside and out - niece, Jamie, shared this passage with me at dinner last night, Isaiah 45:2 - 3 NLT
This is what the LORD says:
“I will go before you, Cyrus,
and level the mountains.
I will smash down gates of bronze
and cut through bars of iron.
And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness — secret riches.
I will do this so you may know that I am the LORD,
the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.
Can't you hear the Lord saying this? It is full of hope and promise. It is full of love and compassion. It is full of wisdom and knowledge. In these two verses, Isaiah was talking to captives in Babylon, but I think that God was also talking to us - to me - to my birthday buddy. Many times in Scripture, we are told that God goes before us; He makes the path level; He removes barriers; He blesses us.
Our Sovereign Lord does this for us in life and in death. We mourn because of the pending separation. We mourn because of the unexpected events surrounding death. We mourn because of the unknown. We mourn. As Christians, we have hope: the hope of our salvation, the hope of His Presence at all moments, the hope of Heaven.
I will go before you.
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