Our Journey's End: End of Life Planning
Friday May 15, 2009
Categories: Beliefnet Prayer Circles, Financial Renewal, Interfaith, Money Prayers, Relationships & Family
Normal 0 My life has been filled with experiences that have taught me the importance of planning ahead and taking care of those we love in the event that we are unable to do so ourselves. One of the...
Filed Under: death and dying, end of life, end of life care, hospice palliative care, hospices, spiritual guidance
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This is beautiful, inspiring and practical information.
Thank you, Deborah!
Life is all about loving,that is the most beautiful definition of life.Isn't it that in the Bible Jesus Christ died because of Love for
man?And of course,before Jesus was born,it is because of God's love that He sent His son as the living sacrifice for the atonement of our sins.So,no matter how you look at life,you will end in the answer that
LOVE is GOD,GOD is LOVE,reversible statement so we can't be mislead by this truth.Whether we live and after living comes our physical
death,it is not the end of life,death is the door towards God's wonderful plan and purpose for us,to spend and to be united with our creator in eternity.This is my faith.
This poem was so touching and helped me realize the true blessings that God has bestowed upon me during my lifetime. Thank you so very much for the reminder. Often we tend to look at the end of things saying to ourselves..."I don't have..." when we truly have it all.
God bless you and keep you!
Hi, That is just somewhat touching. My parents are in their late 60's and 70's and your writing made me think of maybe sending a copy of this to them just for them to be prepared of the cycle of life and that the moment might really come soon. However, i'm having second thoughts that they may take it the wrong way. so I'll just say a prayer for them. My mom's brother and my dad's cousin just passed a month ago and just before the past holidays and i dedicate this poem you wrote to their souls. I pray that they have eternal life with The Lord Jesus. Than you.
Debra,
Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem. It so clearly captures for me what I believe to be true of life, love, God.
I recently atended a volunteer orientation with one of the country's largest hospice organizations. In their packet they provided a booklet called "Five Wishes". It is a ivng will that talks about your personal, emotional and spritual needs as well as your medical wishes and it was put together by a man named Jim Towey who had worked closely with Mother Teresa. This may be a great way for your readers to start this process.
God Bless :)
What an inspiring piece. I will wager though that many people went right on by this post, thinking it had nothing to do with them, not being conscious of the fact that one day it WILL be something to do with all of us and a day for which we should prepare ourselves.
This is so good. I'm going to print it out and start getting organized. I'm 60 and in good health -- but you never know what the next moment will bring.
We need a new paradign of dying and death in this country, which certain doctors are beginning to work on by publishing essays in major newspapers. Thanks to most, if not all, Christian denominations, we are a people scared to death of dying because we have this 'loving' God who is going to send us straight to H if we step out of line once too often or don't believe such and such a way or don't do that, etc., etc., etc. There may very well be a place of purification before we can entered whatever 'heaven' is, but I have been fortunate to live all my adult life without a belief in a place of eternal suffering -- and I still believe that lying, stealing, cheating, murdering, etc., are wrong and tend to avoid them at all cost. Because if we are primarily 'good' because we are afraid and not because we love, we have missed the point of Jesus' teachings. I think. Who knows. I may be wrong.
I need to print this out and get started. Thank you so much for the push to do something I've been meaning to do for a long time.
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