Posted on 04/20/2025 4:09:05 PM PDT by Patriot777
The scripture says it is beyond even understanding how precious that Peace is..
I know I personally struggle in experiencing that peace at times, and yet God has DECLARED it in His Word.
Therefore it IS true...
Peace, peace, wonderful peace, coming down from the Father above, sweep over my spirit forever I pray, in Fathomless billows of Love.
Praying much for you both tonight..
I am 83 and lost my precious husband in 2021. So I know the pain.
AMEN!!! AMEN!!!
Amen!! AMEN!! Agreeing with you in prayer for Patriot777’s husband. May he see his need for salvation and reach to the Father for forgiveness... in Jesus’ Name.
“Please agree with me in prayer that he will accept Christ as his Lord and Savior, as I do not believe that he has.”
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Oh, how the loss of a loved one is feared so much prior to the acceptance of Jesus as LORD and Savior!
More than any physical pain could cause the Christian spouse, is the knowledge the beloved partner is yet without the love and grace of Jesus.
May the LORD God keep your beloved earthbound towards the time of acceptance of Jesus as his LORD and Savior.
May you have the courage and grace in whatever condition your beloved’s earthly body may be during the time of his acceptance.
In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Your post moved me. Not the least b/c I have heart issues of my own.
God bless you this day.
I lost my dearly loved husband of 35 years a little over three years ago and know EXACTLY what you are going through. I remember coming home every night from his hospital bedside and laying prostrate on the hard floor praying for his healing - like David did for his newborn son. For the last 10 days of his life, he was heavily sedated and on a ventilator so I could only hope that he knew somehow I was there, reading him Scripture, praying and telling him I loved him. God's answer was "no" and He took him home to heaven. It was hard to get to the point emotionally, though I knew spiritually, that God always has a purpose for everything and Bob was His child. Like David, I accepted, "I will go to him, but he will not return to me.” (II Samuel 12:23). This is the "Blessed Hope" we are promised - that we sorrow not as others who have no hope. My faith is even stronger now and I know I will see him again one day.
I will pray for your husband that he is healed physically AND spiritually so that no matter what the Lord wills you will enjoy God's presence together for eternity.
AMEN!
My husband has had 2 heart attacks years apart. The last one was during COVID and he needed a bypass. He also had to wear a life vest. I was only able to visit him during the day at the hospital. Strangely, COVID could only be transmitted between 5 pm and 8 am. My husband made a miraculous recovery. I pray your husband does too. One thing we added to his medicine list was sildenafil (Viagra). Look up the research. It can improve heart function for some people. Generic Viagra is pretty cheap at Sams Club with a premium membership.
This is a beautiful and powerful post, Sister. I will certainly pray for your husband’s salvation! You expressed so well that anguish we feel at the prospect of our unsaved loved ones leaving this life before they know Jesus.
Thank you so very, very much for your prayers. Adding to yours and others every day that my beloved hubby will come to The Lord.
That song is one of my favorite, Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace..
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Amen, I grew up and was weaned on hymns.
That is one of my favorites also.
Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight
Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;
In celestial-like strains it unceasingly falls
O’er my soul like an infinite calm.
Refrain:
Peace, peace, wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above!
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray
In fathomless billows of love!
What a treasure I have in this wonderful peace,
Buried deep in the heart of my soul,
So secure that no power can mine it away,
While the years of eternity roll!
I am resting tonight in this wonderful peace,
Resting sweetly in Jesus’ control;
For I’m kept from all danger by night and by day,
And His glory is flooding my soul!
And I think when I rise to that city of peace,
Where the Author of peace I shall see,
That one strain of the song which the ransomed will sing
In that heavenly kingdom will be:
Ah soul, are you here without comfort and rest,
Marching down the rough pathway of time?
Make Jesus your friend ere the shadows grow dark;
Oh, accept this sweet peace so sublime!
I meant to ask in that last post how things are now with your husband? Continuing to pray.
John is I think doing better day-by-day, getting stronger. His cardiologist said that his heart was weak, not just from the heart attack but from heart failure.
His main struggle is trying to get any kind of meaningful sleep while wearing his ZOLL LifeVest, it’s very uncomfortable and the sensors and electrodes and large “therapy” pads press and dig into his back. He’s always been a slim build but he’d lost weight and now has gained some back.
Getting enough rest is an essential part of his recovery, and the poor man is just not getting enough of it. His cardiologist also said that John will be wearing the ZOLL vest for three months, then not wearing it after that. Emphasized that he would be needing a cardiac defibrillator implant / pacemaker, the hospital would not pay for it, it cost thousands of dollars, etc. He would be needing it from what I understand right after he stops utilizing the LifeVest.
I said that I was doing everything I could to help John with obtaining Social Security Disability and / or Medicaid, and he’s got an appointment with one of their doctors this Tuesday.
We’ll see what happens. I’ve been praying and asking The Lord Jesus that John will receive his defibrillator / pacemaker. He’s helped my beloved husband thus far, I know He will make a way where there seems to be no way.
Amen. He works in ways we can not see. Continuing in prayer.
Thank you so very much for your continued prayers, can’t wait to report The Lord Jesus’ next miraculous Blessing happening for John!
Amen!
Good Sunday Morning!
To begin, thank you so very, very much for your prayers and compassion and consideration in this great time of health need. To all who are lifting John up before our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus, asking for His Healing touch upon this man both physically and spiritually.
My beloved husband is doing well, although going about doing basic things that he would normally do just about the house, like the cooking he loves to do, and going to the market, comes and goes with fatigue. I see him having to really push himself to do things, and he really wants to cook, really wants to go to market with me and walk the aisles and bring the groceries in to the house.
His doctors have told him about the fact that he has had a major MI (STEMI) and is in congestive heart failure. I don’t think it’s really sunk in, that it’s really actually impacted him again (yes, it did when he was in the hospital but he was in a state of confusion), until the day before yesterday when we went to what is the best meat market in town to obtain the traditional weekend sirloin steak to grill outdoors.
He wanted to drive there, but I had to tell him again that he couldn’t because his heart could go into a dangerous arrhythmia and he would pass out from it, endangering not only us but everyone else on the road. John basically told me there in the truck before we left that I “braked too hard” and “drove like a maniac”.
I’m sorry, but I had to laugh. And I did.
I drive within the speed limit, according to conditions, and if what I call, nicely, an “aardvark” decides to embark on a maniacal motoring spree in my vicinity, I give them space in which to do it, and if it’s dangerous enough, I get the info I need and call law enforcement.
John became sullen and angry and thought to let it ruin his day (and mine), but eventually when the time came to start getting the charcoal ready and the steak marinated, he calmed down and seemed to enjoy the process. The steak turned out very nicely as usual, with a salad and fries.
It’s hard to acclimate to being both a post-STEMI and congestive heart failure patient, not being able to do the things you were doing before everything hit the fan cardiovascularly—maintaining the yards, woodworking, driving wherever you would like to and in distance, for some things.
But GOD IS OUR SOURCE. And He Heals and makes Whole today just as He did as His Son Jesus walked the earth and gave His Life for us all.
And this is my prayer, that The Lord Jesus restore my beloved husband’s heart and lungs and whatever damage may have occurred to his brain, if so. And that John would accept Christ as his Savior and Lord before Jesus’ Return.
Wow, he’s up and around so quickly! Slow your roll, buddy! Doesn’t sound like the kind of guy who takes it easy. But you sound like a good mate, patient and light when he is heavy.
Father, again we lift up John and his dear wife
for your special comfort and guidance.
Help John come to terms with his new conditions
and help him to help You heal him, body, soul and especially spirit.
May he recognize that we all need a Savior; and You are
that Savior Who sent His Son to die for our sins,
and those of the entire fallen world.
We do not deserve it; but You give us grace and mercy!
Hallelujah!
We life John up to the ministrations of the Holy Spirit,
to bring about a deepening realization in him;
and we ask these things in the Name Above All Names,
Jesus the Christ.
In His Name we pray,
Amen!
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