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Date Posted: 18:39:25 03/04/11 Fri
Author: George
Subject: Re: Why do people die when they do?
In reply to: Mamusz 's message, "Re: Why do people die when they do?" on 17:00:59 03/04/11 Fri

>>>>AS I mentioned in another post, the mother of my
>>>>children died on Monday. My son has been pretty
>>broken
>>>>up about it, despite the fact that his mother was
>not
>>>>someone who would be considered a good person. Far
>>>>from it. He said that I was a good father and that
>he
>>>>was lucky to have me. I pointed out that it was his
>>>>mother who picked his father. I picked his mother
>for
>>>>him. So looking at it that way, the good/bad
>judgment
>>>>is exactly reversed.
>>>>
>>>>He told me that she "had gotten better" in the last
>>>>few years. I told him that maybe she had gotten her
>>>>act together, and God did her a favor and took her
>>>>before she could get messed up again.
>>>>
>>>>This may seem heretical to those members who believe
>>>>that the gospel is preached to people after they
>have
>>>>died. But to those of us who don't accept that, it
>>can
>>>>be considered a great comfort in some ways.
>>>>
>>>>George
>>>
>>>George,
>>>
>>>All I can say is that we are in God's hands and He
>>>takes us when He wants to. None of us was promised a
>>>long life, or an easy life. Babies die before they
>can
>>>even get out of the womb. It is a kind of the
>grandeur
>>>of the circle of life, all a part of something so
>>>large we cannot see it.
>>>All I know for sure if that He loves us.
>>>
>>>Lois
>>
>>Lois, that is why I can't help but think this life is
>>a preparation for something else. That is why I am
>>very sad for those who believe and teach that this
>>life is the be-all and end-all of everything. I am
>>particularly sad when Christian teachers teach that.
>>
>>George
>
>And
>Jesus said:
>
>These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye
>might have peace. In the world ye shall have
>tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the
>world. John 16:33
>
>And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and
>there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor
>crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the
>former things are passed away. Revelation 21:4
>
>-Mamusz
>

Thanks for the scripture, Mamusz. I know that my ex was hurt very badly somehow at a very young age, and that prompted her search for happiness and peace through hard drugs. In a sense, she was like the character of Jenny in "Forest Gump." I hope that now, having shed the physiological system that perpetuated the emotional pain that she is at rest.

George

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