tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post1314138689708015803..comments2023-10-04T18:01:43.464-05:00Comments on Dads Teach the Bible: Death with Dignity?Mike Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05971102076711413290noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post-61093618149523547592017-02-22T13:18:58.026-06:002017-02-22T13:18:58.026-06:00Somehow I missed that your dad has passed away. I&...Somehow I missed that your dad has passed away. I'm so sorry, Mike. I just said goodbye to my father on February 2nd. It makes me smile to think in some form or fashion (we don't really quite know what that will look like, do we?), our fathers have met and are swapping stories about their sons. I'm praying for your peace, right now. I'm glad you were with him in his final hours, as he transitioned into the arms of Jesus.Brian Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660090318454021756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post-9974631116469910682017-02-22T10:10:54.965-06:002017-02-22T10:10:54.965-06:00Penetrating as usual, Mike. Thanks. Watching bot...Penetrating as usual, Mike. Thanks. Watching both my Mom and my Dad deal with pain through life and in the finality of death would perhaps not be described as "dignified." But the way they faced it was. I think that can only come from God and a lifetime of walking with Christ to the best ability they could. I was with Dad, and it was sweet and quiet. I missed seeing my Mom by less than an hour; I can't remember for sure.<br /><br />But the death etched in my consciousness and frequently in my mind's eye is that of my beloved wife. I wasn't aware of how she looked the last week at the time, but was shocked at a photo showing her appearance. There was very little apparent of the joy, peace and inner beauty that she reflected just days before that came from her 55+ years of closely waking with the Savior she so passionately loved to the last.<br /><br />Yes, we weren't designed for that. The ravages of sin proved God's promise that if we rebel against His law we "will surely die." <br /><br />But as you point out, for us who are sheltered under the cross of Christ He has taken the sting of death for us and death here is a wide open doorway to glory we can anticipate but not come close to imagining. <br /><br />I rejoice daily (many times) that Sharon is not lost; I know exactly where she is, the only place that matters - with her beloved Lord and Savior.<br /><br />I am eager to see them both!chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631165961382647198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post-38773620870431381432017-02-21T22:11:29.396-06:002017-02-21T22:11:29.396-06:00Thank you, you are very kind.Thank you, you are very kind.Mike Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971102076711413290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post-88868921307596018922017-02-21T20:45:30.192-06:002017-02-21T20:45:30.192-06:00Wow Mike, you are truly a gifted communicator.Wow Mike, you are truly a gifted communicator.Orangemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03998345606210357543noreply@blogger.com