Tom if some of you remember, has been struggling with throat cancer for about 1 and 1/2 years. He has just been admitted into full time hospice care. He is resigned to meet the Lord soon. My prayer is the Lord's will be done, and the Lord send him ministering Angel's. He so loved the Lord and has been watching for the Rapture eagerly! His request was to keep his trials private, but I feel the time has come to share with the Ritan family! We have been best friends for the better part of 14 years. TR Bumping for all to see! TR Thanks, TR. Perhaps the Lord may yet take Tom in the Rapture. I pray his pain is minimized and that the Lord has mercy on him. I'm sorry for your own immanent loss too. That’s always toughest on those left here to wade thru this mire and wait to see cherished friends and family again. Abba give Tom your peace, take his pain and suffering under your wings, open your arms to receive your beloved. OH, and Father, can you let Tom, who has watched for you for decades, see TR and the RITAN family as we meet with him in the air soon, that will certainly bless him. Thank you, in the Holy name of Yehweh Elohim! :prayer-hands: :prayer-hands: He will be pain free and for Divine healing and that he can experience the rapture as the “alive and remain” group. I am sorry to hear that Tom's struggles have come to this. I, and all of us, hoped the rapture would prevent any more "skipping ahead in line" by our loved ones, and still hope that will be the case in this situation. But by the time you get to hospice care, to die is gain becomes far more understandable for those of us who have such a glorious hope in our Savior. And he'll get to give Robert and all our other friends who have gotten to see Christ before we have. We grieve in our flesh, and rejoice in our spirit. And ask that the Lord God, Prince of Peace, and Lover of our Souls will encompass Tom and his extended family and loved ones with His peace, His joy and His grace in all ways and at all times. Graduation day is coming, then the Holy days. I am so sorry to hear this report. I will see you there Tom... Very sorry to hear this news. Praying for Tom's comfort and for the will of the Lord to be done. I hate death and cannot wait until it is destroyed as the last enemy (1 Cor 15:26). May the Lord use this difficult time to draw those around Tom to Himself and challenge them with their own mortality & need for a Savior. And may He comfort you, TR, as you grieve the living loss of your friend. Not that it lessens the pain, but many of us do not have another human being whom we can call a best friend, so in that sense you have been truly blessed. Grace and peace to you from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Soon we will all be getting bodily upgrades! Maranatha!!! A couple of days ago Tom came to my mind for some reason, I just blessed him in the name of Jesus without knowing what was going on. Now I know it was the Holy Spirit. Tom, if you can't wait then go ahead. We will all see you there SOON. so sorry to hear this . . reminds me of when we lost LisaLeenie ~ ~ ~ I close my eyes and imagine her in Heaven often . .and now it seems our God is soon to take Home Tom ~~ both I felt close to ~ ~ It's a surreal 'feeling' the reality that some of our eternal sibs are actually crossing over or already have entered the most Heavenly real Place our Jesus ever prepared ~ ~ ~ Amazing days we live in . . our God is always on His Throne, . we all here know the reality of His Sovereign ways so perfect, ever trusting our Adored Lord , ~ especially when we don't understand, Christ's abiding peace never leaves us, ~ ~ for He has promised . . ~ ~
