Prayers for ohioWfan in the Loss of her Father

self | 11/22/02 | kayak

[kayak]

FReeper ohioWfan has sent me the following message ...

"After an intense struggle to breathe that lasted more than 24 hours, Dad died this morning of 'Monster pneumonia.' His pain is over. He has been reunited with my mom and sister, his parents and all his siblings.

We have suffered the great loss of a great man, and a good friend. We will be together again some day, but the pain is enormous. We will be celebrating a Memorial Service for him on his 86th birthday on Sunday.

God is our comfort and support."

Please join me in offering prayers of support, strength, and peace for ohioWfan and her family.

[manna]

ohioWfan: I am so sorry for your loss. Prayer sent ...

[lsee]

So very sorry for your loss, ohioWfan. Thoughts and prayers are with you today and in the months ahead.

[Salvation]

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[ohioWfan]

Dear friends.........thank you for your prayers! The post above is for you, too.

Praise God for his faithfulness.

[Bahbah]

What a great Dad. I can just see him standing there doing a three part harmony with Michael and Gabriel.

[Lorena]

ohio, that's such a beautiful, loving post. Thanks for sharing your dad with us, what an inspiring man he was. Our hearts ache for you, even as we rejoice with you that your dad is now singing with the angels. God bless and sustain you and your family as you carry on through the days ahead.

[archy]

The description of OhioWfan's father's final hours is uncomfortably familiar to that of my mother's. Though I missed and mourned her, I was glad her suffering and struggle had eased, at least, and her fears about a long-term struggle with the malady that took her were over, at last.

Likewise my own dad, long ago, passed away from a case of pneumonia in the middle of summertime, brought on from a case of food poisoning exacerbated by the damage to his lungs from direct contact with freezing oxygen 8 miles above the earth as a B24 bomber crewman during WWII. Not all the war's casualties died during the conflict, but I know that he knew to enjoy what he could of each extra day he had, and I hope OhioWfan's dad managed the same.

I have no certain idea what awaits us Afterward. But I hope that the strangers who my dad might have met and liked in this world but by chance never ran across are now available for conversation and contemplation of common too-short lives, with an infinity of time to discuss such things. If so, than perhaps OhioWfan's dad and mine are now or will soon enjoy reminisces about the silliness or joys they once knew, and the pride they have in those they left behind to carry on their unfinished stories.

Rest well, gentle men.

-archy-/-

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Count me in.

[pubmom]

Please accept my prayers and condolences on the loss of your father.

[mombonn]

ohioWfan

What an incredible tribute to a truly wonderful father! What comfort to know that he is with the Lord, and that the day is coming when there will be no more tears.

May the peaces that passes all understanding surround you and your family.

[Wphile]

What a beautiful tribute to your father. You really have a way with words, ohio, and you express yourself so sincerely. I think it is the honesty and compassion with which you write that makes your words so compelling. He sounds like an extraordinary man and it is obvious that he has done very well in raising you.

It was awfully thoughtful of you to stop by and let us all know what is happening. I shall keep you and your family in my prayers over this weekend and in the months to come as you work through the grieving process.

God bless you and may your father rest in peace.

[TEXOKIE]

I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your father, ohioWfan. That is such a hard thing. My prayers are with you.

[joebuck]

My prayers go out to you at this difficult time. My Father passed five years ago from lung cancer and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of him.

[firewalk]

Thank you for telling us about your father ohioWfan

[Mr. Silverback]

Heavenly Father, we ask that in the coming days You will remind ohioWfan, her family and all who mourn her father's passing of Your plan for them, that you intend...

to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion-
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.
Isaiah 61:2-3

[I_saw_the_light]

My thoughts are with you ohio.

[mtngrl@vrwc]

That was a beautiful tribute to your dad, Lynette. Just beautiful. Your dad was blessed to have a daughter such as you. And I am blessed to have you for a friend.

[GWfan]

A verse for you, ohioWfan.

Be still my soul; though dearest friends depart
And all is darkened in the vale of tears;
Then thou shalt better know His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe thy sorrows and thy fears.
Be still my soul; thy Jesus can repay
From His own fullness all He takes away.

From TLH 1941; hymn 651, verse 3