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To Those Who May Still Remember Me . . . I think of you often and remain very grateful for how you lifted dh, ds, and I so faithfully in prayer. My intentions have been many and often to pos

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Hello Everyone, I know it’s been a long while since I posted here, on this thread.  I have not forgotten you and all the most-appreciated prayers, support and kind thoughts you sent my way.  I ha

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April 5, 2015 Hello, Everyone, God is so good! If you could see ds, you would wonder how anyone could think he needs a bone marrow transplant! It is God’s mercy and grace that is - and has - kept

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Oh eaglei, I absolutely remember you and your family. I haven't visited this forum in a while and was kind of surprised when I got an email notification about a new post on this thread. You are such a strong, loving mama. I am so very sorry to hear this news about your DH. I wish that we could be there for you in real life, to support you and hold you up during this time. I don't have any other words other than to say I will be thinking of you and lifting you up and sending you love and strength. 😢

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I am so sorry for your loss, but so grateful to hear of the faith of your husband and son. Thank you for your testimony here.

May the One who is Himself well-acquainted with grief be very close to you in the days ahead and bring you much strength, comfort, and peace.

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eaglei,

Yes, we remember you!  Thank you for sharing as incredibly painful as it must be.  However, they are in the presence of the Savior and from reading your post that is most reassuring!   Oh eaglei, may God continue to hold you in the palm of His hand as you lean in to Him.  I'm so sorry but rejoice with you in their salvation! 

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Hello Everyone,

I know it’s been a long while since I posted here, on this thread.  I have not forgotten you and all the most-appreciated prayers, support and kind thoughts you sent my way.  I have often mentioned you when telling people how God carried me through.

Some of you will remember that ds went through cancer three times and God called him Home and, that not long after, God called dh Home quite unexpectedly.

Our God is an awesome God!  Truly, I stand in awe of Jesus.  He is wonderful, kind, merciful, gracious, good, faithful, trustworthy, my strength, my rock, my comforter, my ever-present help.  The list is endless, but I will repeat that He is Good!  He is so very worthy of our praise, our worship, our lives. 

Much has happened since my last post – too much to write.  I will try to synoptically summarize although proper words too often fail.

1.    God carried me through the days and weeks following dh’s sudden death.  Through all that I faced and as I moved forward, I offered Him my praise, both sincere and sacrificial as His word tells us in Hebrews 13:15 to “offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually.”  I don’t know how – I only know that fairly early on, God relieved me of the grief, sorrow, and intense heartache.  Losing a child is much harder than losing a spouse (in my experience) but each is hard in its own way.  With dh’s death, I suddenly had responsibilities on my shoulders that I had not borne before – but God was my guide, my help, the director of my footsteps.  Somehow, within a few months – I don’t know how He did it – I found in that place of moving forward - not crashing, not caving, but praising God and moving forward - that there was peace, contentment, a different kind of happiness, a new kind of understanding that God is in control, that He has my life just as He had ds’ and dh’s, and that I’m still here for a purpose.  God bound up my broken heart, my ravaged heart, my grieving heart.  He relieved me of the pain, the heartache, the shattered dreams of real life lived in a real world with real people.  God is greater.  His grace abounds; His kindness, compassion, and mercy are real.  I marvel at what God has done for me – I don’t know why me, but I am ever-so-thankful.

2.    In the space of a year-and-a-half, I went through about seven times of illness, injury or affliction.  Each time, Jesus was with me – my Rock, my Healer, my Constant Companion.  During the first year of widowhood, He reminded me at least once daily that He would never leave me nor forsake me – and He never did nor has He – and I was especially aware of His presence during the times of illness, injury or affliction.  Only one of those times did He clearly direct me to seek medical advice and, with His help, I was able to do that.  The other times I could not take myself to a doctor and, while others would have been glad to help, they, too, were going through hard things at those times so I didn’t want to ask – but God knew that and He carried me, comforted me, healed me.  Additionally, during the last few months, the enemy of our souls has tried to take me out, as well as me and another, while traveling.  Frightening, yes – but oh the peace of God that prevailed and protected; the power of God that had the final say.

3.    I have story after story of how God has helped me, with big things, little things, important things and even mundane things.  I have stories of times He has unexpectedly chosen to speak clearly to me in my spirit and how those messages were interwoven unbeknownst to me at the time but became clear over time, and how they picked up threads of my life from years past because those threads were still ongoing.  Oh!  The majesty of God!  The wonder of His ways!

4.    Only one event will I touch on because the whole telling would take way too long.  God is a God of surprises.  Never doubt that He knows what is best for you and that He will do all that He can to get your attention, while still leaving the final decision up to you – remember:  you have free will.  When I became widowed, I was very clear with the Lord – and everyone who knew me knew also – that I did not want another man or another marriage; that I was living a long life if Jesus permits and His return delayed; and in my life going forward, with no family on earth to speak of, I would walk only with the Trinity.  Period.  God had another plan.  In short, He walked a man into my place of employ and right into my heart, though I didn’t realize what was happening for a while.  There are many details that simply amaze me.  Clearly God was in this from BEFORE we ever met AND from the moment we met.  He gave me a new family, a new life, a new love and, in His words, a clean slate in moving forward in life.  Someday I will write our amazing story.  Suffice it to say that God brought a godly man into my life, a good man who loves Jesus first and foremost and seeks to live for Him above all else.  We were married on October 5, the date of God’s choosing and, while it is not yet two months, I can nonetheless tell you that God truly does write real love stories, that His plans for us go far and above what we could ever imagine, that He has given me a new kind of happiness different from any other I’ve ever known, that only He could change my heart in this matter, that His surprises are amazing, that all good gifts come down from the Father above and He has truly given me a good gift in my husband that I do not deserve but that I am so very thankful for. 

While these four points are devoid of details that would simply take much too much space, I hope that they are clear in lifting up Jesus, His power and might, His love and grace. 

I hope that any who might read this who maybe don’t know Jesus as Savior of your soul and Lord of your life will invite Him into your heart and your life; and, that those who may wonder if God hears you or cares about what you are facing, that you will realize afresh and anew that He does.  He loves you with an incredible love and holds you in the palm of His hand.  You are the apple of His eye and He has good plans for you, for He is a good-good God!

Praising Jesus,

Eaglei

 

 

 

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