tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post7660517732086155323..comments2024-03-26T13:47:55.472-07:00Comments on Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart: Your Dying Spouse 107 - Don't Give Up On Me!Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-59170703907689094232016-01-31T19:46:26.339-08:002016-01-31T19:46:26.339-08:00Nathan, thank you so much. It's been a hard se...Nathan, thank you so much. It's been a hard series to write, but comments like yours make it worth every minute.<br /><br />I truly appreciate your presence here.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-90704712480542305722016-01-31T01:54:37.343-08:002016-01-31T01:54:37.343-08:00I came to this post because Paul Byerly featured i...I came to this post because Paul Byerly featured it in his Sunday "Generous Husband" blog as the "must read" of the week. Very touching. I don't know much of your story having only read a couple of entries, but thank you for pulling back the veil and letting us see the real struggle, and valor. I look forward to reading more of your work.Nathan Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642294613587179447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-3485145414797415062016-01-29T21:30:18.743-08:002016-01-29T21:30:18.743-08:00Paul, you're absolutely right...and while sitt...Paul, you're absolutely right...and while sitting with someone in pain - and/or dying - reminds us all to painfully of our own mortality, but it's the requirement - and the cost - of love.<br /><br />Thank you so much for being here!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-58012886951797163282016-01-29T18:34:19.900-08:002016-01-29T18:34:19.900-08:00Andrew - A very important subject for all of us to...Andrew - A very important subject for all of us to understand.<br />I suspect we do what we do not for the person who is ill, but for ourselves. We want to feel better, we want to pretend it's okay, we want to make it go away.<br />Sitting with a friend in pain is not something anyone looks forward to, but love demands we do it.Paul Byerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365208584175101402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-78469202085310367342016-01-22T21:20:24.790-08:002016-01-22T21:20:24.790-08:00Aimee, thank you so much! The Scripture is perfect...Aimee, thank you so much! The Scripture is perfect...and a great comfort. Thank you for this, for being here, and most especially for the prayers.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-38321023693928362742016-01-22T21:19:22.200-08:002016-01-22T21:19:22.200-08:00And your words, Jeanne, have strengthened my faith...And your words, Jeanne, have strengthened my faith...really, kept it from collapsing...on some pretty low days.<br /><br />I so appreciate the prayers, my friend...and I am smiling through my 'virtual' straggly non-hipster beard!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-79893023985226846432016-01-22T21:17:10.953-08:002016-01-22T21:17:10.953-08:00Thank you so much, Carly; we truly appreciate the ...Thank you so much, Carly; we truly appreciate the prayers!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-76644253504867983152016-01-22T21:16:43.959-08:002016-01-22T21:16:43.959-08:00Thank you so much, Lisa, for being here, and for t...Thank you so much, Lisa, for being here, and for the prayers!<br /><br />I do see, more than ever, that while God has not brought the pain, He's helping give it meaning, and pain with purpose CAN be borne.<br /><br />It's a New Awful as I write this, but it's worth it, if only to say that in spite of it all life is still good, and I look forward to tomorrow...and to be able to share that thought, because, as "where two or more are gathered in My name" implies...community is everything.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-83699741053521023612016-01-20T12:40:49.994-08:002016-01-20T12:40:49.994-08:00I have not given up, Andrew. I keep praying for y...I have not given up, Andrew. I keep praying for you. And neither is He "being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" Philippians 1:6 Be confident that He is still working in you and through you!Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01924916579274465625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-9542227238472054552016-01-19T13:44:44.922-08:002016-01-19T13:44:44.922-08:00PS—You made me laugh out loud with your bearded Ch...PS—You made me laugh out loud with your bearded Chinaman remark. When my hubby retired from active duty, he grew an almost-beard. There was hair there, but he'd never fit in with the hipster crowd beard-wise. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-301455023900958392016-01-19T13:43:40.208-08:002016-01-19T13:43:40.208-08:00Andrew, thank you for the reminder that words have...Andrew, thank you for the reminder that words have power. Whether they are from the writer, or the loved one, or the one we'll never meet this side of heaven. Words have power.<br /><br />Your words impact me, they make me think, and they encourage in ways you'll never. know. <br /><br />I'm definitely not giving up on you, but I am praying for you, often through the days and when I wake up in the nights. Praying strength and peace for you, friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-89784893775525694002016-01-19T12:52:53.071-08:002016-01-19T12:52:53.071-08:00Not giving up on you! Praying for you and Barbara...Not giving up on you! Praying for you and Barbara.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-47357863740192722022016-01-19T05:33:52.759-08:002016-01-19T05:33:52.759-08:00I'm glad you're still here, Andrew! Keep f...I'm glad you're still here, Andrew! Keep fighting. Keep writing. You are an inspiration to many. Your words are an encouragement and a blessing! God is clearly using you in a powerful way. Prayers for you today!! And everyday!! Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03250167563862252417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-4853220667297912102016-01-18T21:05:59.315-08:002016-01-18T21:05:59.315-08:00Exactly right, Sarah. The frustration of having so...Exactly right, Sarah. The frustration of having someone else look into their crystal ball and read MY future is just beyond belief.<br /><br />There is meaning here, yes. Where there is purpose in pain, it can be borne.<br /><br />Thank you so much for being here!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-64192231939912105642016-01-18T21:04:18.689-08:002016-01-18T21:04:18.689-08:00Chin's up, Lynette...thank you!
Heck, I can&#...Chin's up, Lynette...thank you!<br /><br />Heck, I can't ever spell surandur...uh, serrandeer...whatever.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-29751872997708893972016-01-18T21:03:14.259-08:002016-01-18T21:03:14.259-08:00Ake ake kia kaha, Lux. Forever, and be strong!Ake ake kia kaha, Lux. Forever, and be strong!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-28681373148529187832016-01-18T21:02:33.597-08:002016-01-18T21:02:33.597-08:00I did have a beard for awhile...nothing sillier th...I did have a beard for awhile...nothing sillier than a bearded Chinaman.<br /><br />Also wore Civil-War style muttonchops...just call me Stonewall Hsien.<br /><br />You're right, of course, that online connections simply take less involvement...but when the accolades from the personally-known are lacking, you've GOT to peg out a temporary handhold somewhere. The fall is simply too far, and the climb back, impossible, if you accept the on-hand judgement that's often so freely offered.<br /><br />True knowledge of worth lies in knowing God, of course...but faith is not always constant, at least not for me.<br /><br />Thank you so much for being here, Tammy,and for the prayers! The weekend was dreadful; today, only marginally better. I may simply be too numb to notice!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-55129513091866865242016-01-18T20:55:48.533-08:002016-01-18T20:55:48.533-08:00I love that song, Barbara! Thank you so much.
Int...I love that song, Barbara! Thank you so much.<br /><br />Interestingly, the post that will go live tomorrow night is built around a song...the late Glenn Frey's "Brave New World". I hope you'll drop by?<br /><br />I am never out of this fight. God will one day call me Home, but until that day, the volume is loud on this nastiest, baddest fight of my life.<br /><br />Wouldn't miss it for the world.<br /><br />So glad you're here!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-83475905489727902052016-01-18T20:50:02.731-08:002016-01-18T20:50:02.731-08:00June, thank you so much...that means more to us th...June, thank you so much...that means more to us than you may know.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-72146107946299557722016-01-18T20:49:30.978-08:002016-01-18T20:49:30.978-08:00Norma, thank you...and you are in my daily prayers...Norma, thank you...and you are in my daily prayers. WAY more than five times a day!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-46633102030947039832016-01-18T20:48:47.376-08:002016-01-18T20:48:47.376-08:00Anita, thank you so much...and it really is all ab...Anita, thank you so much...and it really is all about servie.<br /><br />Everything is about service, and responsibility. My life was never about me.<br /><br />I so appreciate your being here. I am now crawling, literally, but crawling forward.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-65447233178697872952016-01-18T20:47:31.143-08:002016-01-18T20:47:31.143-08:00Tara, thank you...I KNEW you were a rock!
God, ho...Tara, thank you...I KNEW you were a rock!<br /><br />God, how lucky I am to have you as a friend!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-49720221635829435242016-01-18T20:46:50.301-08:002016-01-18T20:46:50.301-08:00Anna, thank you so much for the lovely Scripture!
...Anna, thank you so much for the lovely Scripture!<br /><br />It is a terrible dark...but I am trained to fight in the dark.<br /><br />Fear the night, for I am there. That was my calling card, in years past.<br /><br />When it is darkest, then the dawn will come.<br /><br />I know that God is on my side, and that so are you...and, Anna, that means the world to me.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-35171986246506601002016-01-18T20:44:19.343-08:002016-01-18T20:44:19.343-08:00That's a very good point, Beth...in a sense, i...That's a very good point, Beth...in a sense, in writing, I step out from behind the Kevlar and Oakleys...you can see the colour of my eyes, and how thin I've become.<br /><br />People who see me day-to-day make assumptions, but their assumptions don't take into account that there is still ice in the eyes,and steel in the starvation. I'm a compendium of the sick - and, yes, older - people they've known, but not really me.<br /><br />But know this...I am never out of the fight, and will make my own miracle if need be. If God's busy...I GOT THIS.<br /><br />Tired of being stomped by circumstance, Beth, and there is nothing worse in this world than a thoroughly pissed-off Mongol.<br /><br />And I am proud to be your friend.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-76121182239419552332016-01-18T20:27:28.581-08:002016-01-18T20:27:28.581-08:00Susan, I- we - appreciate this so much! I won'...Susan, I- we - appreciate this so much! I won't quit. Today I am crawling...literally...but am still facing forward.<br /><br />(((XO))) back!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.com