September 1, 2010

We, too, have been Altered.

Since shortly after I started this blog, I've had Jill Hollis’ blog, Altered, listed on my sidebar as one of my favorite sites to visit. Jill had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Through it all, she maintained a strong faith and trust in the God she loved. And last evening, she finally joined Him, the long struggle over.

Please join me in praying for her husband Cliff, her children Megan and Joel, and all those who love her and who will deeply mourn her loss. May they be comforted in knowing that Jill had a deep had a deep and abiding trust in the God who "makes all things new":

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."

He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Revelation 21:1-7

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4 comments:

  1. Thank you for posting this Sue - I did not know this blog, and have just read the last few entries. As you know a good friend of mine recently lost her husband Colin, after nursing him through the last few months. Part of the reading you quote was read at his funeral yesterday.
    As a Catholic I believe in purgatory. I also believe that many people spend part, if not all, of purgatory here on earth when they go through so much suffering.
    Praying for Jill and her family.

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  2. Praying for Jill and family! May they experience his tender love and may she rest in the peace of his loving arms.! CAthy

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  3. So sad. I will pray.

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  4. I will keep Jill and her family in my prayers in a very special way--the struggle of those living with ALS--and the pain this struggle causes their famililies--is very real to me. My brother Paul died with ALS in April. The reading from Revelations is the one that I did at his funeral liturgy.

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