My sympathies to you KJC1. Sorry for your losses. There is not much I can say to ease your pain.
I lost my wife of 19 years to cancer three months ago.
I am sorry for your loss. Thank you for reaching out to us - you were prayed for this morning.
I’m so sorry. It’s hard. Those with whom I’ve had years of shared history and love and trust can’t be replaced with “ new “
ones.
May you both find peace.
Grieving over lost loved ones is an inevitable part of life, one all caring individuals experience. It would be a cruel, cold world if love and compassion for others did not exist. Try to balance your sadness with all the wonderful thoughts your loved ones left you. It’s never easy. May God grant you peace and understanding.
I am sorry for your sad losses. Thank you for your FR vigilance and contributions.
That’s part of getting old, maybe the hardest part, losing those you love. Getting another hole punched right through your heart. Something is never quite right after that. Sometimes I look up, and see those smiling faces. Sometimes I see them in a dream. God rest their souls.
People tell you after a death that things will get better, and that you’ll move on, and those people mean well but honestly, losing a loved one is something that’s with you the rest of your life. I lost my dad a few years back and it still depresses me. I know w how you feel at least. Prayers for you.
I’m sorry about your loss. I lost my Dad last year.
I am sorry for your loss..
I too am grieving. A friend of mine from boyhood, an Army veteran as well, died on Christmas Day. Stricken with pancreatic cancer and deteriorating rapidly, he declined visits because he did not want to be seen and remembered in his diminished condition.
My sympathies. Losing friends that close together is difficult.
We lost my dad the day after Christmas. I am working on the funeral which will be Sat. Death is a strong adversary, BUT it will LOSE.
It is hard when loved ones die, even though we know that everyone does eventually pass away. The main consolation, for Christians, is that we will see them again on the other side. Still, there is pain with the loss. I feel for you, and I pray that you will find comfort in the memories that you have of them, and in the thought that there is life beyond the grave.
I know it sounds trite, but it’s important to remember that death is not an ending, it’s merely a parting.
They leave,
A part of us goes with them.
We remember...and rejoice.
A friend of mine’s wife passed yesterday after a 30 year cancer battle. They lost a son last year and my friends brother too.
Rough year. They are a strong Christian family and know it’s all good in the end.
Sorry for your loss. The only thing that I have found helpful is that the ones you loved live in your heart. You can do kindness in their names and they are with God. But you will always miss them.
I can relate with your sadness. Today, my wife and I will travel to visit a very close friend, more than likely for the last time, who is resting at home waiting for the Lord to take him home. Suffering from cancer, he is like a brother and losing him will be devastating to many.
Do what you can for those you love while they are still with you. That way when they are gone you will have happy memories and no regrets.
Sorry for your losses.
God gave us feelings. We surely love and grow attached to some people throughout our lives.
I used to have tremendous overwhelming feelings of loss when loved ones died, carried the loss for many years, stuck in grief and how it effected me. But really getting into scripture and full on trusting God has purposes and the greater plan for why any of us are even here or interacting for whatever length of time with those we do through our lives has some how changed my perspective in recent years and now I am just grateful to have met, known to whatever degree, and shared various parts of life with those people.
I feel loss, but choose to focus more on why did God have us know each other and keep that in mind. We are here to serve God, or serve our self. I’m trying to remember it’s about His plans and purposes and that brings me peace and even great joy to have had a part in what God is doing in the big picture through that person having lived and even times through their illness or accidental death.
My family all seemed to cherish and really communicate it more this recent holiday season because medical experts say my mom should not have even been here, yet she fights on, she gives us strength and shows great peace and thoughtfulness toward others as she makes her way over, under, around hurdles of health challenges and walks (shuffles) whatever more time God has for her.
God is good all the time - even in the trials and the losses - which we had many in 2017 in family connections and friends.
All I can say is cherish the memories and strive to find ways to bring the good (God things or qualities) your loved ones exampled a step further in the lives of those who knew them and beyond.
peace.
I’m sorry about Your losses. I will Pray for You as well as Your Friends.
I’ve lost many Loved Ones over the years. Missing Them never seems to stop.
My Father to a disease We never heard of, Wegners Granumatosis. One of My Best Friends and My second Wife to cancer after taking care of both of Them. My current Wife’s Uncle to cancer, Aunt and Mother to old age and My Mother most recently as well.
I get through it all by knowing that They are in a better place and no longer in pain.
Prayers to All Posting on this Thread for Their losses.