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Category: Beliefs

  • The Beginning

    The Beginning

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    Herb

    The order things happened:At 3:55 everyone sang Happy birthday to Grandma Pike.At 4:00 Pastor Burgess led everyone in prayer for Grandma Pike. He later told me that he felt a very close and powerful presence of God that he couldn’t describe in words.At 4:15 they removed the ventilator tube and…

  • And Then Ninety-two Years Later – A Re-Blog from Sarah Angleton

    And Then Ninety-two Years Later – A Re-Blog from Sarah Angleton

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    Herb

    I don’t think I have ever done a “re-blog” here before and even though the “Reblog” button is there, I still asked permission from the owner before I just went and did it. I have broken my streak, but have not given up on my commitment. This story touched my…

  • Blink-Blink

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    Herb

    Some doctors (And not all of them are, but definitely some) can be pompous jerks. Do they think that they are making an impression by using big words that they don’t think you’ll understand and acting like you are some thing beneath them, that you will be persuaded by them?…

  • Lesson Learned

    Lesson Learned

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    Herb

    It’s been a lot of non-stop with people coming and going and the waiting. It seems interminable, sometimes, being camped out in a waiting room but we have it to do. One lesson being learned is that we have to start using “religious” hospitals, rather than secular ones. The sanctity…

  • Hats Off To The Hospital Workers

    Hats Off To The Hospital Workers

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    Herb

    Note to readers: If you don’t like to read about hospitals and death or near-death, and feel it may bother you, I won’t be offended if you skip this one. I may leave out a bunch of details but I am really kind of tired. On the other hand, I…

  • Tomorrow Is Another Day

    Tomorrow Is Another Day

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    Herb

    I know that goes against what I said a couple of days ago, but there are some days when everything does not fit due to circumstances beyond your control. All you can do sometimes is hope and pray that you’ve made good choices today. Besides, even though you should live…

  • The Big Six Oh

    The Big Six Oh

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    Herb

    For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is…

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