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Ecumenist

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24. Well Said, Cleita!
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 08:14 PM
Jan 2012

When her friend is ready and is strong enough, my prayer is for her to focus that anger and desperation to a laser light sharpness so that her daughter battle and passing is not in apparent vain. As you said so eloquently, the question is this: was her daughter journey undertaken due to contaminants in the environment that may have activated a heretofore silent oncogene? Did it cause her body to begin fighting against itself in response to manmade carcinogens? Or was her body programmed from birth because of some mutation in her code or maybe is was something that was could have been prevented, because of a preprogrammed issue, ( if it known to medical science) with a supplement designed to prevent the development of the disease?

Everyone's life has a purpose, though it may seem so small and meaningless to us as a race. We need to look at each life through heaven's eyes. Trust me, I've been in the Lobby a couple of times, (I've had 4 NDE'S) and that's how they roll. This may be the opening shot in a life of a warrior who fights for the lives of other little girls and boys so that they never have to fight the battle her sweet little one did.

It's going to take a bit of time for her to arrive at the place where she can see things through Heaven's eyes and that's okay. God understands. She may leave the spiritual path she's been walking all her life and it may be that she's so hurt that she no longer finds comfort in God. Guess what? I don't believe in a God so cruel and heartless that he would damn someone who has been so hurt that she can no longer see the light that led her for so long. Right now, that isn't as important, (I can't believe I'm saying this so it must be coming from that mediumistic side of me)as your friend finding her feet once againGod is infinite and has infinite patience.

So, if she stays angry at God for the foreseeable future, that's alright. Just be there for her as a friend and someone to hold onto.

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What I appreciated the most... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #1
I do get that, but simply remaining silent while she is pouring her heart out freeplessinseattle Dec 2011 #2
I don't have insight about the religious aspect... OneGrassRoot Dec 2011 #4
Thank you, it does help to know that simply being silent isn't necessarily freeplessinseattle Dec 2011 #9
Comforting doesn't necessarily mean advice-giving Remember Me Dec 2011 #15
i'm of the same mind as OGR. Howler Dec 2011 #3
Thank you. I guess i just feel that if I remain silent freeplessinseattle Dec 2011 #6
maybe she feels more comfortable telling you that WolverineDG Dec 2011 #12
Whoa ! Whoa! Whoa! Howler Dec 2011 #19
I agree with OGR and Howler Tumbulu Dec 2011 #5
Thank you, that is a good idea, I will ponder on some ideas freeplessinseattle Dec 2011 #7
Perhaps ask what she needs and listen Matariki Dec 2011 #8
she says she wants to try to process things but doesn't know how freeplessinseattle Dec 2011 #10
Yeah, that's really really tough Matariki Dec 2011 #13
Thank you Matariki! and get this, her daughter was signed up for a promising study freeplessinseattle Dec 2011 #16
Probably the worst thing given to my dad & me when my mom died was WolverineDG Dec 2011 #11
After my dad died when I was a kid rosesaylavee Dec 2011 #14
Be her friend. BlueToTheBone Dec 2011 #17
Grieving PADemD Dec 2011 #18
You know Freepless, I'm dealing with cancer as we speak and I just got home from watching Ecumenist Jan 2012 #20
I'm so sorry to hear that. Cleita Jan 2012 #22
Thank you Cleita!! Ecumenist Jan 2012 #25
what ecumenist said magical thyme Jan 2012 #23
If you stop believing in God, then there is no one to blame would be a cynic's answer. Cleita Jan 2012 #21
Well Said, Cleita! Ecumenist Jan 2012 #24
Here's my two cents. SheilaT Jan 2012 #26
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