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Prayers for my Dad (vanity)
2-2-2014 | Self

Posted on 02/02/2014 8:16:50 PM PST by floridavoter2

I just wanted to request some prayers for my dad who is dying of cancer. He is expected to pass this week. He's in his 60s and has been fighting this for about a year. It's hard to see him in these last moments, struggling to breathe and communicate.

I also feel so bad for my mom who is working hard to make him comfortable. Fortunately, there isn't much physical pain but I kind of wish he didn't know he's dying. I want this situation to be over, yet I don't want to see him go. Not like this. Anyway, any prayers for him, his soul and my mom would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.


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To: floridavoter2

I watched my dad die of cancer (stomach) too, so I can empathize with exactly what you’re experiencing. Just be there for him and your mom. It sometimes doesn’t seem like much, but it’s more than you know.

Prayer and thoughts to you and yours.


41 posted on 02/02/2014 8:46:46 PM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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Praying for your dad, you and your family. I lost my husband and best friend to cancer 20 months ago. I know I will see him again but it helps to know that I was there for him when he needed me most. Spend every second you can with him, do your best to keep him out of pain and never give up until The Lord calls him home.


42 posted on 02/02/2014 8:47:06 PM PST by trustandobey
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To: floridavoter2

All pass from this world in some fashion. This world isn’t the end of the story. It couldn’t be the end of the story if we wanted it to be, and sometimes we pretend really hard. It is a zone of testing, proving, and for all willing, entry to a road of guaranteed reconciliation with God. When one is armed with that attitude, physical death only becomes another door and not something to pretend away at all.

Have you looked at C. S. Lewis’ book “The Problem Of Pain”? In this case there may not be much actual pain, but it is still a distressing scene. This is not a long book and could be read in a couple of evenings. It can be had at most mass booksellers like Books-A-Million.


43 posted on 02/02/2014 8:51:42 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: floridavoter2
You are doing the right thing by visiting him as often as possible, making him as comfortable as possible and being attentive to his needs. The only other thing I might suggest is that, if he can still talk at all, get one of those small digital recorders and ask him about anything which he wants to talk about: memories, family stories, final wishes, etc.

I got one of these for my mother and she looks forward to using it every day.

44 posted on 02/02/2014 8:53:56 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: floridavoter2

Prayers for you, your family and your father.


45 posted on 02/02/2014 9:03:19 PM PST by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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To: Vigilanteman

The farewell is poignant... we can’t deny that... but for those who have accepted God’s deliverance, it is by no means forever.

Death (or at least cessation of life in its existing form) is a must in this mortal coil, to belabor the obvious. We’re handicapped here, by sin.

It’s because God DIDN’T want to send people to hell, that we have the scene we see here now. The devil can harass here, but for people who accept God’s deliverance, the devil will not conquer.


46 posted on 02/02/2014 9:04:04 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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Prayers up for your Dad. Try to remember if you can that our time on this Earth is but a wink...

All that was your Dad will be with you and your Mom again in a few short winks. That's why the LORD gave us souls and made a Universe infinite in space and time.

You are finite - don't try to understand - just do His will and rejoice best you can. Much love from one who has been there.


47 posted on 02/02/2014 9:04:42 PM PST by golux
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To: floridavoter2

I’m praying for you, your dad and your family tonight.
God bless.


48 posted on 02/02/2014 9:07:30 PM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: golux

We can understand a lot, if not everything. The bible lays the story out. Some people get tangled up with human takes on religion (quite often entailing some kind of bullying spirit) and get the bible story warped, but that’s not God’s fault.


49 posted on 02/02/2014 9:07:34 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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50 posted on 02/02/2014 9:28:44 PM PST by BlessedBeGod (Democrats are Cruz'n for a Bruisin' in 2016. / Obama=Unspeakable Audacity)
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Prayers for you all for some small comfort that you are spending this time with someone who understands and is sharing this time with you. Love him and bless the time, every second. Then understand that there is peace on that road and you will be there together someday.


51 posted on 02/02/2014 9:31:10 PM PST by MestaMachine (My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
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Prayers offered.


52 posted on 02/02/2014 9:31:43 PM PST by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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To: floridavoter2

Prayers being said for your Dad.


53 posted on 02/02/2014 9:37:09 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: floridavoter2

Your post brought back a flurry of memories from last Fall when I asked for prayers for my father who, ultimately, passed from complications from a massive heart attack.

“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10

Take his hand and God will guide you and your family, awakening your spirits for their intended purpose for these moments.

My prayers are with you and yours.


54 posted on 02/02/2014 9:37:39 PM PST by Kaosinla (The More the Plans Fail. The More the Planners Plan.)
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Your welcome and God Bless You. Thank you for the honesty about your dad. I was born to two very flawed people. It’s a struggle. That’s inspiring that you still love your dad.


55 posted on 02/02/2014 9:37:52 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: floridavoter2

My prayers for your dad, your family, and you.
May the Lord bless and keep you all.


56 posted on 02/02/2014 9:41:27 PM PST by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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Lord, please wrap this dad and family in comfort and your strength as he finishes the long treck we all have in life.


57 posted on 02/02/2014 9:51:17 PM PST by dadfly
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To: floridavoter2

Praying for your dad’s comfort and peace and for your family.


58 posted on 02/02/2014 10:03:12 PM PST by Bubbette
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To: floridavoter2

Prayers to you and your family—and especially for your father, and his soul. May the Lord embrace him and bring him home comfortably, painlessly.

I`m not very good with these posts. I just wanted to reach out and let you know I understand,, as we all do. My mom died of cancer, too young, and my dad is older not but very frail. I`m going out to Chicago to visit him next weekend; we`re going to watch the Olympics together.

Life is so precious. Take care,

Julie


59 posted on 02/02/2014 10:15:17 PM PST by proud American in Canada (R.I.P., James Helmuth, my nephew who passed away at ten years old, from cancer, on March 23.)
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Prayers lifted for Your Dad And Mom, for You and all those who love and worry about him.


60 posted on 02/02/2014 10:26:18 PM PST by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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