An Example

I just returned from Kansas, where my husband and his youngest brother laid their mom to rest!

Age of the body and mind had been knocking on her door loudly for the past couple of years, and watching this threw me into a tailspin. I am in my sixties, and all of a sudden, I was watching the end-of-life process beginning. I became almost paralyzed with fear!

I went into a full-blown panic attack that haunted me for many months and many prayers.

I must first state that my mother-in-law was a lover of our Lord Jesus Christ and spent her life proclaiming her love and showed that love and devotion by the example of how she lived her life.

Ok, but yet I watched what appeared to be hardship! She had to leave her little nest of many years and needed an assisted living home! She hated it! By this time, she had lost much independence, and that was so hard for her!

I’m very independent, and watching her succumb was challenging and, again, scary!

Time robbed more and more independence and more and more of the woman we knew and loved! From the flesh and earthly side of this view, it hurt and was unsettling.

Until one day…

I was saying prayers for my MIL and I had the most awesome sensation and revelation wash over me! Jesus showed me the other side of what I had become focused on!

His love for her! Her son’s love for her! Her family’s love for her!

Sure, her 90-year-old body was tired, but through the love and dedication of her children, a beautiful assisted living home was found for her just four miles from her youngest son and DIL.

She received top notch medical and hospice care! When her finances ran thin, the Lord opened avenues of assistance for her wonderful care and surroundings. He met every one of my mother-in-law’s needs. Every one of them!

Isaiah 42:10 ESV: “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Joshua 1:9 ESV: Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go!

My MIL and I shared the same faith, and many times throughout the past 24 years, I have marveled at her example of that faith! She held tight to the Lord through the good and the bad, and He held on tight to her!

Thank you, Mom and Jesus, for the examples I will carry into my next season. ❤️😌☀️