{"id":163455,"date":"2014-07-26T08:23:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T15:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bargainbeliever.com\/blog\/?p=163455"},"modified":"2016-05-07T22:30:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T05:30:45","slug":"it-is-well-personal-note-from-juli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bargainbeliever.com\/blog\/it-is-well-personal-note-from-juli\/","title":{"rendered":"It is Well . . . (Personal Note from Juli)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis was taken in Hawaii (in Oct), where Mom took us (with our families)
\nafter being told she had a short time to live.<\/span><\/em>
\nWe had a trip of a lifetime, filled with great memories!<\/span><\/em>
\nI am on the left, with my two sisters on the other side.
\nHere’s a link<\/a> to her obituary.
\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I realize it’s not for everyone.\u00a0 Be assured that I’m still here to bring you bargains from Arizona, not just ramblings that you may not agree with.\u00a0 But, for those of you who want to read . . . keep going.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

It is Well<\/span>!
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This was written on July 22nd, “in the middle of the night,” as I couldn’t sleep — about 30 hours before she died on July 23rd, 2014.<\/p>\n

My mom is dying.\u00a0 Cancer is taking her.\u00a0 I don’t like it.<\/p>\n

I can’t help but think of Hortio G. Spafford’s story<\/a>.\u00a0 He wrote the hymn \u201cIt is Well with my Soul\u201d<\/em> after his four daughters had drowned.\u00a0 His wife survived the shipwreck and remembered a friend saying, \u201cIt’s easy to be grateful and good when you have so much, but take care that you are not a fair-weather friend to God.”<\/p>\n

So, I am thankful to God now . . . right now, in the midst of tears and a broken heart.\u00a0 I am a friend of God in the good times and the bad.\u00a0 My life is full of blessings.\u00a0 Life will never be the same without my mom, but it will still be the perfect life God has for me.\u00a0 That doesn’t seem possible right now, but I will trust.<\/p>\n

I’ve been here before, with the heavy burden of death lurking.\u00a0 Our newborn son lived only five weeks, never leaving the hospital.\u00a0 Going through that pain and still being in love with God and with the life He has given me, produced a firm confidence.\u00a0 I will not only survive, I will thrive!\u00a0 I have a peace and joy that can’t be taken from me.<\/p>\n

There will be days when I need to dig for the deep joy I have, when I’m not able to count on the surface happiness to get me through.\u00a0 I will need that true joy since I will feel pain that I don’t want to feel.\u00a0 I’ll experience anguish that, at moments, will feel unbearable.\u00a0 I will have small regrets.\u00a0 I’ll cry so much that my head will hurt for days.\u00a0 I’ll feel the emptiness of daily tasks that will make doing them seem wrong.\u00a0 I will make friends and even strangers feel uncomfortable as I shed a tear at a seemingly random time.\u00a0 It’s the \u201clittle stuff\u201d that will get me most, which really makes up the \u201cbig stuff\u201d in life.\u00a0 I have so many \u201clittle stuff\u201d memories with my mom that will be cherished and remembered, often.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, it won’t take me long to look beyond my own hurt and wonder what everyone else at the grocery store (or wherever!) is dealing with.\u00a0 Then, I can hope that the wonder will turn into an opportunity for me to listen to or encourage someone who needs it.\u00a0 That’s what my mom would have done.\u00a0 There’s pain all around us and nobody is immune.<\/p>\n

My mom will be fine, beyond fine!\u00a0 She believes Jesus is her savior and is forgiven and ready to be welcomed into heaven.\u00a0 I truly believe that.\u00a0 So, I need to change my thinking.\u00a0 Cancer is not taking her.\u00a0 God is taking her home.\u00a0 It is well with my soul . . . past, present, and future!<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen peace, like a river, attendeth my way,<\/em>
\n When sorrows like sea billows roll;<\/em>
\n Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,<\/em>
\n It is well, it is well, with my soul.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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