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[widownana]

I recently became a widow on the 14 of May,
we had gone down to my Pastor son in laws
and our daughters home church, they had given birth
to our new grandson, a week before, we went to the baptism, the other Pastor and his wife became the
baby's godparents, preaching that day he preached
expect the unexpected, for some time I had prayed over
the stress in my husbands job, ( we actually ran another business together, as well) he was the local postal carrier, last summer he was through a difficult process
of retirements , injuries, became the only postal carrier for our town, with no hires for quite a while, we were going in our 2nd year of his work related stress, so I prayed, for his release from the work. Later that night and early morning, he passed away due to a massive heart attack, this was the same day of the baptism, I had to call relatives to have them tell my 2 daughters, one in town, the other at the baptism site town, that their dad had passed away, I know my husband is at peace, earlier on the way home we read a prophecy book, I said honey , it says our generation is the one who is suppose to see Jesus, and 2 ways, from the grave or alive, we watched a christian video the rest of the way home, his mother was in the back seat, we spent the day at church, he arrived in heaven,
one was for a birth and the other a rebirth. Its hard to let go, just before retirement. But I know God is in control. I just don't feel like I am quite yet.. so pray
I have started a new life without my beloved. But
God is with me ...as he always has been. Its just a new faith walk...

 

[JeanR]

Dear widownana,

My husband also died suddenly. He had a massive heart attack last October and was gone in an instant.

I know how you feel and what difficult days are ahead. But, with the Lord's help and guidance, he will lead you through.

We're here if you need to talk.

With love,
Jean

 

[Missinyou]

I lost my wife a year ago tomorrow and I'm not sure how I will handle the day. I will say that it is not as much of a concern for me as it was a month or two ago. I was asked by a mutual friend if I would want to give support to a woman here in town who had lost her husband to cancer and was having a really hard time dealing with it. Actually the mutual friend had asked me if there was some way she could help or something she could do to help the widow...and I told her this was way out of her league, unless she had lived it herself. There is nothing in this world that can prepare you for the loss of a spouse, but, Widownana, it will get easier...I promise you that. It will never pass, but it will get easier. I have found that, on those bad days, praying to God to give you the strength to make it through just one more day, is the best source of comfort you will find. The next best thing is the people on this site. When you get to feeling low, just log on and write down what you're feeling, and you will find that someone else has felt the same way, and they managed to live through it and life went on. Just let God take control and He will bring you through this dark time of your life.

Keep the faith Widownana, chin up, and soon you will notice each day becoming a little better. The tears subside, the memories become good ones, and the bad ones will slowly fade into the background.

Our prayers and thoughts are with you,
Missinyou