Today I went to visit my friend, Barbara Bolding Timbs. She is on the far right of the photo in the skirt. She is in the hospital dying of cancer. I walked into the room and went to her bedside. She had a small smile for me. I told her I had come to tell her goodbye. She raised her arm to give me a hug. I leaned down and kissed her forehead, as she whispered goodbye and I love you. I ask her to tell Brent hello. I also told her I would ask her to tell him I miss him. But, Brent would be singing with the angels the praises of Jesus and he knows no sorrow and has no tears.
I certainly wish that David, her husband, and her children, Sharon, Beth, Lydia, Micah and Becca did not have to experience her dying. I do know that God will take care of them. He will give them mercy, peace and grace.
How do you say goodbye? You just say it. There is comfort for you, your friend and their family when you do.
We all like to attend weddings and visit when a baby is born. Those are joyous occasions. Let us not forget our friends and family when it is their time to die. As a Christian, dying is also a joyous occasion. It is our homecoming to our Lord Jesus Christ. Our hope is heaven.
Helen
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His godly ones. Psalm 116:15
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