tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post8770750154114328815..comments2024-03-28T11:09:46.338-07:00Comments on Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart: Your DYing Spouse 121 - Near-Death Experience {FMF}Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-24918191234342703742016-02-25T20:22:18.646-08:002016-02-25T20:22:18.646-08:00Andrew, Thank you for continuing to bless others w...Andrew, Thank you for continuing to bless others with your words. And I am so inspired by the humor that is still intact! You are in my prayers!<br />Lori Schumakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146372328978894133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-77673440917396091902016-02-22T20:12:05.833-08:002016-02-22T20:12:05.833-08:00I'm pretty happy still to be here too, Beth......I'm pretty happy still to be here too, Beth...though I feel 'different'. I wish I could say 'more at peace', but that would be only partially true. The 'human stuff' still affects me, and the pain thereof is both blunted and sometimes sharpened by the immediacy of the experience (which has not faded). Does that make sense?<br /><br />Thank you so much for being here. I really appreciate your support. These are tough days.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-63400016171578835382016-02-22T20:09:25.748-08:002016-02-22T20:09:25.748-08:00Thank you so much, Lynette...and thank you for the...Thank you so much, Lynette...and thank you for the lovely card! We so appreciate the warm thoughts and prayers, and the Ps.106 notecard...and the wonderful dog! has the same expression as one of ours (a Daschund named Bray).Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-839021581811959072016-02-21T12:42:32.476-08:002016-02-21T12:42:32.476-08:00Happy to see your writing here this weekend, Andre...Happy to see your writing here this weekend, Andrew. Continued prayers going up for you.<br /><br />Lynette<br />~#89 this wkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-36022893917122457892016-02-21T09:26:45.549-08:002016-02-21T09:26:45.549-08:00I'm so grateful this encounter did not end in ...I'm so grateful this encounter did not end in death, Andrew. We all long for you to live another day and write more of your stories here and in your books, my friend. Praying you feel God strengthening and rallying you for many more days to come! Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156048755652103073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-59892461381369364642016-02-20T21:53:24.173-08:002016-02-20T21:53:24.173-08:00Barbie, thank you...I'm so glad to be here...a...Barbie, thank you...I'm so glad to be here...and I think that a large part of why I was sent back was to share it.<br /><br />Hope, faith, and love seems to be a loaves and fishes kind of thing...the more you share them, the more there is. Maybe?Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-18721959993939728172016-02-20T21:51:17.546-08:002016-02-20T21:51:17.546-08:00Leah, thank you so much! Living the Resurrection t...Leah, thank you so much! Living the Resurrection tonight, and even though it hurts...loving it.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-69798077705444091552016-02-20T21:47:43.773-08:002016-02-20T21:47:43.773-08:00Linda, this community is vital, the biggest part o...Linda, this community is vital, the biggest part of what keeps me going, and what drew me back.<br /><br />God's called me, I think, to be an encourager in His Love, if that makes sense (and isn't a presumption!), and I love this work...and you, my friend, and everyone out there.<br /><br />Until I go for good...this community is my home.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-64728860401958700202016-02-20T21:45:14.152-08:002016-02-20T21:45:14.152-08:00Diana, yes...Paul is right. We win either way, bec...Diana, yes...Paul is right. We win either way, because the ultimate victory's been won for us, and we need never pay the struggle any more mind. We are here...and then, THERE, and unless we;re called back, we need never look back.<br /><br />Too much Love on the eternal horizon!<br /><br />But I am glad to still be here. The days since have brought love and beauty...and pain, yes, especially right now as I am writing...but I would not have missed it.<br /><br />Heaven will be there when I go home to stay. No rush.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-86028529225688922042016-02-20T21:42:35.064-08:002016-02-20T21:42:35.064-08:00Diana, thank you for being here...and my prayers a...Diana, thank you for being here...and my prayers are with your brother.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-36587840476216212972016-02-20T21:41:14.523-08:002016-02-20T21:41:14.523-08:00Christy, thank you! It was a wonderful experience,...Christy, thank you! It was a wonderful experience, and it grows and becomes more vivid in memory. That's a hallmark of its reality, and the benchmark of confidence in God's love.<br /><br />Yes, golf in Heaven...and there's an old Irish blessing that now makes my heart leap with joy...<br /><br />"May you spend eternity with the Holy Family beside a lake of beer."<br /><br />Can't wait.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-22691643228524412882016-02-20T21:38:43.230-08:002016-02-20T21:38:43.230-08:00Joy, thank you...your words mean so much to me.
I...Joy, thank you...your words mean so much to me.<br /><br />I love how you put this..."our earthly tents are not a pretty sight at the ragged end of their usefulness". Sheer genius, and so true.<br /><br />I'm glad that the Grim Reaper got distracted, too. There has been beauty - and Joy! - in each day since, that I would not have missed for anything.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-7971853096668453592016-02-20T21:36:26.908-08:002016-02-20T21:36:26.908-08:00Very special, Norma...and it hasn't faded. On ...Very special, Norma...and it hasn't faded. On the contrary, the memory is filling my soul. Pain is worse, but this makes it so much easier to bear!<br /><br />Thank you so much for being here, my friend.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-87619973357777390262016-02-20T21:33:47.565-08:002016-02-20T21:33:47.565-08:00I'm really glad you're here, and DIDN'...I'm really glad you're here, and DIDN'T leave, Barbara!<br /><br />It was draining, and the dogs are watchful to make sure I don't overdo things...I'm gently pushed away from the computer from time to time...but God's still got stuff to do, and I'm glad of that.<br /><br />We really appreciate the prayers!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-82381917311472624402016-02-20T21:31:50.225-08:002016-02-20T21:31:50.225-08:00Stacy, you brought that to life for me. Thank you!...Stacy, you brought that to life for me. Thank you!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-90616221051398913642016-02-20T21:31:02.651-08:002016-02-20T21:31:02.651-08:00Missy, thank you! When I came back, I was pretty w...Missy, thank you! When I came back, I was pretty weak, pretty shaky, very disoriented, but knew it had to be shared. I'm so glad to be here to do that!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-49173103339987033872016-02-20T21:29:58.539-08:002016-02-20T21:29:58.539-08:00Ruth, when you see it, it's the immediacy that...Ruth, when you see it, it's the immediacy that will hold you close...the immediacy of Love, and of the fact that Heaven is made for who we are, because who we are is God's choice...and ours, if we listen to Him...and He delights in the small things in our lives.<br /><br />The disorientation lingers. Skies are brighter, music more resonant, and love here, sweeter. Kind of overwhelming...Heaven in my pocket.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-44308591364593030152016-02-20T21:27:04.951-08:002016-02-20T21:27:04.951-08:00Carly, thank you...I tried to tell it as plainly a...Carly, thank you...I tried to tell it as plainly as possible, because 'plainly' was the reality...and that was such a joyous thing!<br /><br />We so appreciate the prayers. Thank you!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-1305173485896471022016-02-20T21:25:48.011-08:002016-02-20T21:25:48.011-08:00Rachel, you've just made me tear up, and there...Rachel, you've just made me tear up, and there is nothing I can do but say, THANK YOU!<br /><br />I'll never forget you, either. Your wisdom has been a solid hook on which I have often hung a shaking faith. If that kind of mixed metaphor makes sense!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-54638877379248386552016-02-20T21:24:13.204-08:002016-02-20T21:24:13.204-08:00Anna, I love the experience as well...and it grows...Anna, I love the experience as well...and it grows sweeter in memory.<br /><br />The pain's going to end someday, but what I've been shown, in coming back, is that more clearly than ever, it has a purpose, to show that no night is ever truly black, that the light of the Divine will always filter in, and will one day banish the darkness.<br /><br />And His love does equip us to climb those hills. I love the way you put this.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-71935860142214114552016-02-20T21:21:05.213-08:002016-02-20T21:21:05.213-08:00Love you too, Jordan, and so appreciate the prayer...Love you too, Jordan, and so appreciate the prayers.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-50374034058959433402016-02-20T21:20:32.108-08:002016-02-20T21:20:32.108-08:00Miranda, yes...exactly. He does remind of the work...Miranda, yes...exactly. He does remind of the work remaining...sometimes impatiently! (As, in, GET UP, LAZYBONES! You can feel sick LATER!)Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-66945281123989641382016-02-20T21:19:01.795-08:002016-02-20T21:19:01.795-08:00Arg. Marisa, not Miranda! Sorry.Arg. Marisa, not Miranda! Sorry.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-7108689640123514172016-02-20T21:17:02.036-08:002016-02-20T21:17:02.036-08:00I'm glad I came back too, Karrilee. So were th...I'm glad I came back too, Karrilee. So were the dogs, in that moment...and they have been especially sweet since.<br /><br />Though Ladron the Heeler will gently push me away from the computer when she thinks that writing is tiring me out!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-68425515234740180622016-02-20T21:15:34.048-08:002016-02-20T21:15:34.048-08:00jeanne, I think that the seamlessness of the trans...jeanne, I think that the seamlessness of the transition is the hallmark of its reality...when you think of it, how could it be otherwise, when God catches you up in His arms, to be in His land forever?<br /><br />I had always wondered about themeaning of our lives when compared with Heaven, and the truth came as being blindingly simple. Our lives here are a pencil-sketch of the Grand Canyon, so to speak, and Heaven is its full-on reality.<br /><br />We so appreciate the prayers...and right now, I need them. Hard night ahead.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.com