Phillipians 4:6-7 - 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
I have heard that passage most of my Christian life, and never really knew what it meant......until the morning when I realized my daddy would be breathing his last. I had prayed for the Lord to have Mercy on him as he was in an extremely bad condition. He had stopped eating and drinking fluids. I won't go into details as it was not pretty. It was killing me to see him in this condition. I was telling him through tears how wonderful a daddy he had been to me, and how proud I was to be his daughter, how much I loved him, and would miss him. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he heard me. Medical people would have disagreed, but the Lord let me know. While I was doing that, a wave of peace that surpasses all understanding filled my heart and soul. Through my breaking heart, God comforted me with Himself taking over the horror I was looking at. I can't explain it anyway else. I knew my daddy was saved. He is a Messianic Jew. And also at that time, the Lord gave me an understanding of death. It's like walking from one room to another. You're at the treshold and you just step over. It's as simple as that.
I didn't feel that feeling again until the day before my mom died. She had lung cancer. My sister and I were talking to her as best as we could. Her cancer went to her brain and at times she acted just flat out nuts. I won't go into all the things she did because it really wasn't mom. All of a sudden I was filled with JOY, I smiled and knew she would leaving us very soon, and once again, God's comfort enveloped me. Since I remembered it from when Daddy died, I recognized it immediately. I was at peace. I told my sister it wouldn't be long. She died in less than 24 hrs.
I know where they are, and if it hadn't been for my mom having lung cancer, I probably would still be smoking, possibly getting lung cancer myself. When I put down the cigarettes for good, I now vape, I asked the Lord to tell them both that I quit smoking. I was a Daddy's girl....still am. He lived to be 95 1/2 years old and my mom lived to be almost 86 years. I was greatly blessed.
Anyone else experienced this special kind of peace for it's not the regular peace we receive. Take that and multiply it by 10. That's what I'm talking about!
I have heard that passage most of my Christian life, and never really knew what it meant......until the morning when I realized my daddy would be breathing his last. I had prayed for the Lord to have Mercy on him as he was in an extremely bad condition. He had stopped eating and drinking fluids. I won't go into details as it was not pretty. It was killing me to see him in this condition. I was telling him through tears how wonderful a daddy he had been to me, and how proud I was to be his daughter, how much I loved him, and would miss him. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he heard me. Medical people would have disagreed, but the Lord let me know. While I was doing that, a wave of peace that surpasses all understanding filled my heart and soul. Through my breaking heart, God comforted me with Himself taking over the horror I was looking at. I can't explain it anyway else. I knew my daddy was saved. He is a Messianic Jew. And also at that time, the Lord gave me an understanding of death. It's like walking from one room to another. You're at the treshold and you just step over. It's as simple as that.
I didn't feel that feeling again until the day before my mom died. She had lung cancer. My sister and I were talking to her as best as we could. Her cancer went to her brain and at times she acted just flat out nuts. I won't go into all the things she did because it really wasn't mom. All of a sudden I was filled with JOY, I smiled and knew she would leaving us very soon, and once again, God's comfort enveloped me. Since I remembered it from when Daddy died, I recognized it immediately. I was at peace. I told my sister it wouldn't be long. She died in less than 24 hrs.
I know where they are, and if it hadn't been for my mom having lung cancer, I probably would still be smoking, possibly getting lung cancer myself. When I put down the cigarettes for good, I now vape, I asked the Lord to tell them both that I quit smoking. I was a Daddy's girl....still am. He lived to be 95 1/2 years old and my mom lived to be almost 86 years. I was greatly blessed.
Anyone else experienced this special kind of peace for it's not the regular peace we receive. Take that and multiply it by 10. That's what I'm talking about!
