Death...

As i sit here typing my brother is laying at home

in a hospital bed in his bedroom, lingering into the final

hours of his death.

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He has been sick for a very long time

and over that time it has made him a bitter

angry person. He was fairly young when he got

sick and the doctors wanted him to be put on a heart

transplant list...

he refused.

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Over the years as I have watched him suffer

day after day, being in pain, being sick

not able to do anything in life really except

exist and wait for death to come and get him

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Many times people will question ...

why do people have to suffer?

I have often wondered this myself

and have come to believe that there is

great glory in suffering; just as Jesus Christ

suffered for us.

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it is NOT an easy thing to watch...by any means...to watch

someone you love  suffer endlessly...day after day..

hour after hour....

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But I believe we are all sent here for a purpose...

there are those that will suffer terribly during their last hours

...and then there are those that will leave quickly

only God knows why and someday, I believe we will also

know...

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I have come to know that life is short,

so very very short.

so live each day as if it were your last

be kind to everyone, for we know not the

battles they have fought

love until you feel your heart will burst

and never take LIFE for granted.

Enjoy the "simple" things

for those are the things that end up

being the best things ever.

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and a few final words to my brother, Jack
I hope that you will find peace in your new journey
i hope that you will once again be able to laugh
and find forgiveness in your sins.
I hope you are surrounded by family members that
have already passed on...and shielded in God's love
for eternity.
XOXO