Today is Wednesday, April 11th, 2007; Karen's Korner #1038
My friend, Donna Orte, is dying! The doctors told her.
Several months ago she went in for tests and they learned that she had lung cancer. She had two choices: do something or do nothing. Both had the same end. With the treatments, she would have a few more months. She chose to do nothing extra.
She's not the only one! I have a handful of people in my life right now with the same outlook. I don't like those kinds of reports!
As I was running some bath water the other day, I was idly thinking these God-thoughts, "God, I don't like losing people I care about in my life!"
It seemed He said to me, "You don't really lose them. They just change forms!"
And as I watched the steam rise from the tub water, I thought, "Wow! Is that true!! Ice, water, steam! In just a matter of months, Donna will go from my 'water' friend to my 'water vapor' friend. She will still be with me in spirit. It is her body that I am going to be missing!"
I (we) never truly lose the people in our lives we care about, if we are Christians! Their spirits remain with us always. And their bodies....like Donna's....well, Jesus took care of that too. Another day when I get reacquainted with Donna, she'll have a new body too! One that works better than this one, that isn't dying or can be wrecked by disease.
It's a day that I can't even imagine; one I can't wait to see or in which to participate!!
"Dear Father in Heaven, Thank You for who You are and the plans You have made for each one of us, which includes from the beginning of time and on into eternity! All I can say is 'thank You'! In the Name of Your Son, Jesus, who was a part of that plan. Amen."
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