Tag: dying
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Hope in the Midst of Suffering … I’ve Seen the End of You, A Review
Dying children, incurable cancers, irreparable brain injuries. Trying to help, praying for hope, dealing with doubt. This was neurosurgeon Dr. Lee Warren’s day and his ministry. Dr. Warren reveals his inner thoughts as he asked himself how to pray for his patients and offer hope when he knew the end result, death. When he emailed…
Karen S. Roberts
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Life with a capital L: a small group resource & my blessing
God has been at work in my life. For a second time, God sent me Matt Heard’s message to live life with a capital L. Twelve days after my Mama stepped into heaven, I reviewed life with a capital L. This book helped me glean the richness of the journey Mama was taking as she…
Karen S. Roberts
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Jesus wept
“Where have you laid him?” They *said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept. So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!” John 11:34-36 Jesus knew that his beloved friend, Lazarus, was sick. Lazarus’ sisters, Mary and Martha, sent word to Jesus to…
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How are you honoring your body?
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.” Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely take care of…
Karen S. Roberts
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Mama, see you in heaven
Clara Viola Nistetter August 26, 1925 to November 2 , 2014 Absent from the body, but present with the Lord. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 Mama, Throughout the years, you and Daddy dwelt in the shelter of…
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Smiling toward heaven and eternity
Mama’s about to cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land … Heaven with all the Glory of the Lord About a year ago, I took a six-week course to become a volunteer in the No One Dies Alone program. If patients have no one to be with them while they are actively dying, volunteers who…
Karen S. Roberts
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Waiting to enter the joy of the Lord
For You are the God of my salvation. For You I wait all the day. Psalm 25:5 Mama is waiting on the Lord. She’s waiting for Jesus to say “Come.” Come to heaven. Come to the joy of the Lord. Come and be healed. Come, I’ll wipe your tears away. Come and see My glory.…
Karen S. Roberts
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Lord, I don’t know what to pray!
In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according…
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Walking the dying Home as we share Christ
In 28 months, Melody Rossi walked the valley of the shadow of death with her mother, step-mother, and father. Her heart’s desire was to see them accept Christ. The Holy Spirit led Rossi to take on the servant role as she put on the tunic of caregiver and the shoes of the gospel of peace,…
Karen S. Roberts