[Gay State Conservative]

Suppose many of us would hope we would have that chance to leave a final note.

So true.I've said in the past to family and friends that I'd rather die of cancer than a heart attack for that *very* reason....the opportunity to say goodbye and to mend fences.

[milagro]

My beloved husband died of a sudden heart attack and never had the chance to say goodbye. But a few days after his death, as I was facing having to go to the mortuary to make burial arrangements, I had a very precious "message".

I wasn't very hungry but knew I should eat--made some wheat toast. As I was waiting for the toast to pop up and opening a new jar of peanut butter-- I remember saying--out loud--John, this place is so damned empty without you. As I took the lid off the jar, I saw--in the center of the yet undisturbed peanut butter--a perfect little heart.

With tears still streaming down my face I had to laugh-- leave it to my often "nutty" husband to allow our Lord to use peanut butter to Comfort me with a message of love.

Right after John's death, I received many such "messages"--I call them heavenly hugs, and "blessed assurances"--and on John's headstone I had engraved one of the Apostle Paul's most blessed assurances: LOVE NEVER FAILS.

I pray that the miners' families in Tallmansville may be blessed with the precious Comfort Jesus promises to those who mourn, and to those who believe in Him, the most blessed assurance that death is a DEFEATED foe!

[cubreporter]

Well, maybe this should be a lesson for all of us to mend our fences and be sure and let those we love KNOW we love them BEFORE we die. Let's hope everyone does this.