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Quix, I just saw a post of yours that your mother is suffering from Alzheimers. I'm so sorry to hear that.

My Dad died of Alzheimer's and now my Mother has it. My father was an agnostic. I once asked him if he ever thought about whether there could be life on other planets and he said "No". He never had a chance for salvation the way he was wired. Well, he sort of had a chance because my mother was really devout but it never rubbed off on him.

I was the last person to see my father alive and on his death bed I futively tried to "save him" by preaching to him. Actually he seemed to react to my preaching with some strange utterances as if he didn't like it or there was some demon inside. It probably was just that he didn't like me shouting in his face! Even if he could hear me the Alzheimer's had destroyed his brain to where he did not know what any words meant.

In any event, I then sat down and started to read the Bible to myself for the first time in probably 20 years as I had been a very weak Christian if one at all at that point with more doubts than faith. Five minutes later he stopped breathing and died. The experience of hearing myself preach aloud to my agnostic father actually saved me.

THANKS FOR YOUR KIND CONCERN AND WORDS.

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH . . .

1) We read the Scripture that says THE GATES OF HELL will not prevail against the church. All my life, I've had the image, so to speak, of the gates of hell CHASING THE CHURCH.

But GATES ARE ****DEFENSIVE****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing implications of that!!!! We shall see.

2) Lord Jesus, I don't know what this prayer at this point may avail. I can argue against it from several directions. Nevertheless, I know you. And I know you have incredible Love and more options than the rest of us might guess. I know that when you were 3 days buried, that you actually went into hell and TOOK CAPTIVES, CAPTIVE.

Lord, I believe that plain talk's father may have been saved as his spirit listened without being fought by a stubborn brain now more or less silenced with Alzheimer's. I pray so, Lord.

Regardless, perhaps plain talk with agree with me in prayer--and if not, I proclaim based on the Scripture in John that plain talks' father is forgiven all his sins by virtue of the shed Blood of Jesus and perhaps your allowing him to apply it to his life even at this late moment. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Bless you for your kind words.

Bless you in your walk with Our Lord.

My mother's always been a bullheaded, cantankerous woman who terrorized most pastors. Mercifully, she had a heart of gold. She was just enormously misguided in a list of ways and ignorant of same but too proud and stubborn to ever be able to even see it regardless of the evidence. Sadly, Alzheimer's has blunted her more admirable traits while allowing her obnoxious ones to reign in full force. Am prayerfully doing what I can to try and condition her toward going along with whatever Dad and I say regardless. No small task, that. Prayers would be welcome. Thankfully, she's been a strong believer most of her life.