: Re: : A not so brief story... (but worth the time to read) >Bill W

[Guest guest]

Bill:

This is very nice what you wrote. We got to see your soft side.

Thanks

Vera

Ann,

All caregivers face this question at some point in the grieving

process. The human mind must assign blame at some point, it is part

of grieving. If you are questioning your brliefs, you are probably

still blaming yourself also. Death is a part of life, unfortunately

and God decided that it was time for your mom to be with Him.

She is not suffering anymore and whatever religion you believe in, she

is better off now. You need to move on in the grieving process and

accept the fact that she is now gone and you and the family are still

here. She would want you to carry on and take care of yourself and

your family as she did with you.

My personal religious views are that God WANTS you to think. I

believe that God has a purpose even though it is not always clear to

me. God created a beautiful earth and I have seem some of it like the

Grand Canyon, flying up and down the east coast of Australia, the

finger lakes of New York, etc. But how many people get to see all of

it?

God unlocked the secret of the power of the atom and we used it to

kill people, yet we know it CAN be used to help people also. God

healed people and every major religion preaches healing over killing

in spite of man's interpretations which cause wars. Could God be

using the destructive power of the atom bomb to force us to see how

stupid war is?

God gives a woman about 500 eggs when she is born and the average

woman has 2 children. WHY? Did God want every woman to have 500

children? OR is it possible that God wanted people He created in HIS

image, to use the eggs to cure themselves with the tools HE gave us?

Are people getting this horrible disease just to teach them that we

have the power that HE gave us so we can stop this ourselves?

God gave man a logical thinking brain designed to think through

problems and create love and understanding. I hope we all learn to

use it as HE intended. My God sent his Son to teach us to love our

neighbor as himself even if the neighbor was a hated person of another

race.

I think we need to respect the views of others and if they do not want

a cure because of religious beliefs, then they can refuse it, but to

refuse it to everyone and not even allow them the choice is NOT what

my God intended. If we followed the laws of every religion, we would

have no war, no blood transfusions, no medicines, no organ

transplants, no dancing, no singing, etc. We need to think with the

brain God gave us, and accept that even people with the same

denomination do NOT believe in exactly the same things..

I hope you find peace and acceptance in your mom's death, she would

want it.

And that is just MY opinion, you are welcome to your opinion.

Take care, Bill Werre