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Tag Archives: dying
Song for Greg*
Lord as we face this dark hour, May your fierce love and awesome power Lead us gently along the way, With every step, through every day. Lord as we face this long night, May your own Spirit give us light. … Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Death & Dying, Family, Relationships
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Tagged comfort, death, dying, friends, God's grace, Greg Boos, prayer, prayer for comfort, song
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18th Hole
The image that Kristi described of Brian reaching up toward heaven as he died reminds me of what my sister Patsy said about our mother’s final hours… Love the image! Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Death & Dying, Family, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged angels, Brian Shaw, cancer, death bed, devotion, dying, Kristi Shaw, passing, peaceful passing
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Watching Death
Among the things that I admire is the devotion of women and men to one another in those final hours. Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged devotion, dying, faithfulness, husband's death, keeping watch, loyalty, slow death, wives, women
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In Memory of Vachel Murphy
Even in the cruelness of cancer,
faith still holds in the passing,
shared lives still bear the blessing
of those who sleep in Jesus. Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Poetry, Relationships
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Tagged cancer, death, dying, family, hope, resurrection
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A Passing in the Night
A dusting of snow
glows on the grass
beneath the light
mounted on the pole
in the neighbor’s yard. Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged death, dying, elderly, night, passing away, snow
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Compromise
At ninety,
when his kidneys began to fail,
he decided he was tired of the fighting,
tired of the tooth and nail,
tired of what it takes
to hold on to this world. Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged aging, choices, dialysis, dying, gangrene, kidney failure, surgery
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Witness of Weakness
Passing through our middle years, we are still occasionally surprised not to see that younger memory of ourselves when we look in the mirror. Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Farming, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
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Tagged aging, dying, middle age, perfect in weakness, spiritual growth
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A Slow Planting
This body is not the substance of our immortality but is rather its seed. And no seed can bear its fruit until it has been planted. Continue reading →
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Tagged dying, farmers, frail, hope, planting, poor health, resurrection, slow death
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A Good Planting
A few of us linger for a while,
near the grave,
waiting in the shade of hickory and oak,
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Tagged burial, death, dying, hope, planting, resurrection
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Woodworking
Knowing that Dad has been lingering on death’s threshold for over a week, we’ve put in long hours each day, hoping to have the casket finished by the time it was needed.
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Tagged carpentry, casket, craft, Dad, death, dying, father, honor, remembering, tribute, woodworking
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Reflections by Doc Arnett 