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This year as Easter approaches one of my brothers is in the hospital fighting for his life (prayers appreciated). His battle reminds me of another Easter, many years ago, when my Grandad was on his journey home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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That Easter, so many years ago, I was a new Christian. About the same time I became a Christian, my Granddad got a sore throat that just wouldn\u2019t go away. Eventually they diagnosed him \u2013 it was throat cancer. He\u2019d been a smoker in his younger days, and even though he\u2019d quit many years prior, the damage was done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I remember thinking that I really didn\u2019t know my Grandad very well at all and prayed for the opportunity to get to spend time with him before he died. As it turned out, my parents took my Grandad in to care for him and they asked if I could come by after work and help with his care. My prayer had been answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coincidentally\u2026. (if you believe anything is actually a coincidence), around this time the church I was attending co-hosted a healing service that was taking place at another church. My friends and I decided to go. As I was a new Christian, I didn\u2019t have any idea what to expect or think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We went in and took our seats and I ended up next to the aisle. The Pastor came out and started talking about what was going to happen during the service. He said, \u201cI will call out illnesses that I believe God is telling me to pray over; if it relates to you come forward so we can pray for you.\u201d He then said, “or if you know someone that fits the description, you may also come forward and we will pray for that person.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I sat there, I was holding a conversation with God in my head. I was thinking about my Grandad and his need. I said, \u201cYou know Lord I\u2019m not going forward unless it\u2019s really obvious that they are talking about Grandad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pastor started calling out illnesses and said, \u201cThere\u2019s someone with an issue with his neck, like it\u2019s swollen\u2026\u201d He said some more about it and I, again speaking in my head, only to God, said \u201cNo Lord, that\u2019s not specific enough, he\u2019s going to have to say Carl.\u201d The Pastor hadn\u2019t mentioned any names, but I wasn\u2019t about to go forward unless I knew I was really supposed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was a lady walking forward down the aisle near me and the Pastor told her to stop. He said to her, \u201cDo you know a Carl?\u201d She looked confused and said, \u201cno.\u201d He said, \u201cSomeone around you knows a Carl and he needs prayer. It\u2019s Carl with a C not a K \u2013 I know a Carl with a K but it\u2019s not him, it\u2019s with a C. If you know someone named Carl and are sitting near her, come forward because he needs prayer.\u201d I spoke to God, again in my head, and said \u201cOkay God, now I believe he\u2019s talking about Grandad.\u201d And I went forward to get prayer for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next day I was feeling very confused and kept thinking, \u201cHow am I going to tell my family about this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After work, I went over to my parent\u2019s house. When I went inside I asked my stepmom \u2018How\u2019s Grandad?\u201d She replied, \u201cYou won\u2019t believe it, he wanted to go get his hair cut today. He hasn\u2019t been out of bed in weeks and he wanted to go out and get a haircut, so I took him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I told her I believed it and said, \u201cI have to tell you what happened last night\u201d and proceeded to tell her. She told me that I needed to go tell him, and when I did so, he cried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On my way home, a voice in my head very clearly said, \u201cTell Tami I\u2019m okay now.\u201d And I knew he was going to die, but I also knew he was okay, okay in a far deeper way than the physical sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Easter approached that year, my Grandad\u2019s body started giving out \u2013 it wasn\u2019t from the cancer, that had been cured. It was because his body was exhausted from the cancer treatments. It was time for him to go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Again, God\u2019s timing was perfect. I was on vacation from my job the week leading up to Easter when my Grandad was admitted to the hospital. We set up an around the clock watch to sit with him, my shift was late at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One night as I was sitting with him, I heard him stop breathing and panicked and called out \u201cGrandad.\u201d He took a deep sighing breath. When I heard that, I knew I should have let him go, but I was scared. I called the nurse in and she said he wouldn\u2019t make it through the night. I called my stepmom who came right over. After talking with the nurse, she told me to go tell my Dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I drove to their home, praying \u2013 \u201cGod if I should be there when Grandad dies, let that happen, but if you know I can\u2019t handle it, then let him die before I get back.\u201d I was afraid, I had never watched anyone die before and wasn\u2019t sure if I was ready or able to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I got back to the hospital in the middle of the night, there were no parking places, so I had to park farther away. Then the thought came to me that I should get my stepmom and myself some coffee since it was probably going to be a long night. As I was walking down the hall to the room coffees in hand, my stepmom was walking out of the door \u2013 Grandad had just died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Easter\u2026 Easter and the death of a loved one\u2026 \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of Easter\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Because of Easter\u2026<\/li>
Because of Jesus, His death, His crucifixion, His taking on the penalty for our sins\u2026<\/li>
Because death could not hold Him since He was without sin\u2026<\/li>
Because Jesus overcame death and rose on the third day\u2026<\/li>
Because of the Resurrection\u2026<\/li>
We can say,<\/li>
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?\u201d<\/em> 1Corinthians 15:55<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
My Grandad went home that night, no more pain and no more suffering all because of Easter. Not because of the bunnies and the eggs, but because of the truth behind the Holiday – For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.<\/em> John 3:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year as Easter approaches one of my brothers is in the hospital fighting for his life (prayers appreciated). His battle reminds me\u00a0of another Easter, many years ago, when my Grandad was on his journey home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"As Easter approaches my brothers is in the hospital fighting for his life (prayers appreciated). His battle reminds me of another Easter","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[47,130],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-encouragement","tag-easter","tag-family"],"yoast_head":"\n
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