Posted on 12/11/2013 3:23:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Rev. Billy Graham's son has asked people to pray for his ailing 95-year-old father, who, he says, is now "extremely weak."
"Our family would appreciate your prayers for him that the Lord would strengthen him," Franklin Graham said on the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association website.
Graham, who is a Christian evangelist and president of the association, revealed that his father had not been feeling well since celebrating his Nov. 7 birthday at a gala celebration last month in a hotel in Asheville, N.C.
"Since that night a few short weeks ago, he has had another bout with a respiratory infection and was hospitalized briefly before returning home to recuperate," wrote Franklin. "He is extremely weak but his vitals are good.
"We value your prayers — in fact, we depend on them. We find words of comfort and praise in the psalms. To all who have stood with us — some for sixty years — supporting us financially and undergirding through prayer, thank you for your faithful support."(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Sitting on the dock of the bay,
Way yeah-steen my time away....
Same here. Nobody needs a real Fly in the Ointment. Make My Day, Stay Away!
That is a very nice story. You must be a good son. Thanks for sharing it.
Prayers up for his family.
Time to go home, Billy. I’ve worked with the dying, and they are at peace about dying for the most part. It is the family that can’t let them go. My prayers are for the family, that they might realize how wonderful his life will be when he leaves this veil and that the Lord will help sustain and help them in their sorrow.. I have lost my husband and I know the pain and insecurity that accompanies the loss of a loved one. But He is greater, and miracles abound when we turn to Him and trust Him to help us in our loss.
Your post has surely elicited a few tears. What a wonderful expression.
Thank God that your father did not have to witness what is now happening to this once great nation. That is mercy enough.
I am sure he is looking forward to seeing his beloved Ann again and being with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Rev. Graham has been a great blessing to this country and many millions across the globe.
Homobama’s queer handlers wouldn’t let him attend Graham’s funeral anyway. They have a very short chain around his neck (which he, no doubt, enjoys.)
If God sends us out as soldiers (which we are on this earth)...we are still in Heaven...with Him.
Serving Him in any realm or dimension! Our hearts are still with Him in Heaven.
Earth may be the least of our battlefields.
Soldiers of the Lord!
Perfect!
The Lord will surely welcome Billy home when the time comes. He will rejoice with Jesus in Heaven.
Private funeral, by invitation only, perhaps a memorial service for everyone on TV, from a church he loved, but no selfie's w/ malignant narcissist allowed, that goes for der-slickmyster too.....
The Chaplain said dad could still hear me..... I held his hand and prayed and sang some of his favorite hymns.
I believe this is what Franklin Graham is experiencing with his dad....
It's heartbreaking, no matter how prepared you think you are.---but I knew where dad was going & how joyful his reunion.----He so wanted to be with mom....and Jesus.....and now he is.
Whatever it is...it is not heart breaking. It might cause us to sit down and ponder the greatness of God...but it does not break our hearts.
God has promised that.
When we choose to serve Him...we are enrolled in His Army.
There is nothing but Joy...not pain nor breaking of heart.
Sometimes Joy Overwhelming is so powerful it feels like pain at first.
When you let go of your dad...it was joy that you felt.
God bless you and your dad. Let that joy flow into your heart.
Let's go and join your dad and mine in their enlistment in the Army of God.
We serve Him and there is nothing better.
We are already in Heaven because we serve Him. Where ever He sends us...that is our duty and there is our heart.
Having read your posts here, I ask that you would please accept this as my application to serve in your brigade.
..Even knowing where my father was (after death) & the joy he was experiencing...
..my heart was saddened that my daddy was gone....his body was there, but he was gone, and I wouldn't hear his voice again or see his silly smile...
..this side of Heaven.
...and I missed him....and I sobbed over him....and I grieved.
That's what I meant.
But He will call us...and has already called us.
What a great future we have...to serve the Lord...in His army! Forever!
But, that said, he is having the time of his life with the Lord. He is not wasting any time worrying about you...because he knows you will be with him in a mere moment.
Take a deep breath. Relax. You and your Dad will be together FOREVER!
And this will be in the near future.
In the meantime...focus on what God can use you for (as His soldier). Yes, we are at war...goodness is at war against evil.
Buck up and have faith. You will see your Dad shortly...
Now consider what God is calling you to do in the meantime.
I am fine....I know where my dad is.
This was not recent, but it wasn't that long ago either.
I have faith, thanks.
Have a nice evening.
According to the cardiologist I was 2 seconds from death. In the ambulance I accepted that I was about to die. Immediately the pain stopped. And I was not afraid. For some reason God decided it wasn’t my time and the pain returned.
Paul said “Death, where is thy sting?” I know what he meants. There is no pain in death. The pain is in living.
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