I Don’t Know What To Write
Posted by: beaner927 on: January 30, 2007
A woman at my church passed away this past weekend. She was very burdened in this life. On one hand, I am happy that she is resting with the Lord now. On the other hand, I struggle with the thoughts of “What more could I have done for her while she was still here?” The Bible tells us to “carry one another’s burdens” and I hope I did that for her, even though I know I could have done more. I just want my Blogger Friends to know that YOU have carried MY burdens over the past couple years & I am grateful – I could not have made it this far w/o Christian friends.
You knw…this woman’s body & health had become a burden for her at the end of her life - Can’t you just imagine her now, dancing in the presence of the Lord?
Please pray for our church & her family. From some talks that I had with her, I’m not sure that her kids have a relationship with God. The funeral is Thursday.
5 Responses to "I Don’t Know What To Write"
January 30, 2007 at 9:44 am
Felt like adding this:
What Do I Know? by Sara Groves
I have a friend who just turned eighty-eight
and she just shared with me that she’s afraid of dying.
I sit here years from her experience
and try to bring her comfort.
I try to bring her comfort
But what do I know? What do I know?
She grew up singing about the glory land,
and she would testify how Jesus changed her life.
It was easy to have faith when she was thirty-four,
but now her friends are dying, and death is at her door.
Oh, and what do I know? Really, what do I know?
I don’t know that there are harps in heaven,
Or the process for earning your wings.
I don’t know of bright lights at the ends of tunnels,
Or any of those things.
She lost her husband after sixty years,
and as he slipped away she still had things to say.
Death can be so inconvenient.
You try to live and love. It comes and interrupts.
And what do I know? What do I know?
I don’t know that there are harps in heaven,
Or the process for earning your wings.
I don’t know of bright lights at the ends of tunnels,
Or any of those things.
But I know to be absent from this body is to be present with the Lord,
and from what I know of him, that must be pretty good.
Oh, I know to be absent from this body is to be present with the Lord,
and from what I know of him, that must be very good.
January 30, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Beaner, I’m sorry to hear about your friend. But like you said she is rejoicing today. I feel quite sure you were a bright spot in her days here.
January 31, 2007 at 12:27 pm
What a tragic shame it would be if you were to witness her life and death and *not* be challenged by what more you may have done while she was still here. Of course, no way to turn back the hands of time… But to use that to be touched in a way that changes who you will be with folks you know now… I am sure that is a way to glorify God. I’m sure of it.
You’ve been way special to me too, on this journey.
February 2, 2007 at 8:33 pm
We can always pray that if her kids don;t knowChrist that through this they will come to.ANd if they do, we can pray that it will bring them ever so closer.
January 30, 2007 at 8:46 am
“You know…this woman’s body & health had become a burden for her at the end of her life – Can’t you just imagine her now, dancing in the presence of the Lord?”
Thanks, J. I needed to hear that.