Posted on 11/17/2004 6:57:42 AM PST by jrhepfer
The Lord be with you Chip. I pray that you go into the presence of God with ease of heart and mind.
You have left a beautiful statement of great dignity.
Prayers for this freepers comfort and for his family.
May God Bless him and welcome him home.
In addition to the devotional instruction we can gain from this moving account, we also gain a view into the nature and potential of this site in general. I have long held that the fellowship of participants, across all spectrum of belief and views, is the most powerful thing here.
In part, the strength, as shown here, also can explain, and perhaps mitigate the reaction to, the often troubling depth of feeling on disputes as well.
May God send His angels of comfort and peace to loved ones and family as Jesus wraps His arms around kixx.
Prayers
May God give him peace and comfort. God Bless.
A beautiful testimony. Thanks so much for sharing Chip's letter with us.
May God welcome him home with loving arms, and may He bless and comfort all of his friends and family.
Extra prayers for your daughter's continued recovery.
The converse as well...Don't Go without God. (Prayers forthcoming.)
Prayers of comfort and strength for your family, my friend.
Blessings, Mel
What a beautiful expression of this mans faith.
This is my first post although I have been lurking for several years.
My soninlaw is also terminal with lung cancer, we got the news in July and it has been a heartbreaking time for all of us.We are praying he will live until Christmas. He and my daughter have 3 young children, the baby, not a year old yet.
Our only comfort is that he too has accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior and he has peace, but the saddness is sometimes unbearable.
Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone. My prayers go out to Chip, his family and the little girl too.
Bump and a prayer.
Three years after my husband had quit a 3 pack a day habit his lung suddenly collapsed. He ended up having half his lung removed. He spent a month and a half in the hospital. The surgeon told me he had never seen a worse lung in his life. My son is 22 years old and just started smoking. I pray he will quit.
My prayers for his family.
I am reminded of how very lucky I was to have had two teenage daughters who hounded me relentlessly to give up "those stinky cigaretts".
Pray for W and Kixx
Prayers on the way for a good transition from this life to the next
My late Father told me once that a man must spend most of his life worrying about living well, but then must spend the last part of it dying well. Your words are an inspiration to us all and if I may be so forward, you are showing God's purpose in your conduct.
God Speed to you and may we meet some day in a better place.
John aka Redleg Duke
My goodness. What a strong, courageous gentleman Chip is. He has taken the right road in believing he is going to a better place and yes...he will be joined again by his loving family and friends. The peace he experiences now makes sense. He has nothing to fear and looks forward to meeting his God and will wait until it is time for his loved ones to join him. I can certainly see how he would feel the peace from within.
I pray for him and I pray for the little girl that she will be cured and live out a healthy, happy life.
Prayers for them both. Strong and courageous both of them as well. He will be missed by his family and his friends and yes, they will all grieve but because they miss him. They know he will be in a special place and for that I know they will be thankful. But...us humans still cry even when we know something or someone is better off. It's those tears and that terible ache in our heart that help us to heal.
So, whenever God sees fit to call Chip home...we should rejoice that he is more than ready to go and that he will be free of all pain and suffering.
God bless you Chip...we don't know you but you are an inspiration to others and obviously someone who loves and cares deeply to be able to comfort family and friends at this most difficult time in your life.
God speed on your journey home.
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