A Random Thought:
There are brief
moments in life that move us, become very special, and maybe, we even take a
picture of the moment with the camera in our eye that allows us to enjoy that
moment in the years to come.
A friend of mine
was visiting with her mother in an assisted living center, the Alzheimer unit
when the group there was watching a Bill Gaither Hymn Sing show on TV.
His group was singing some of the 'old' traditional church songs.
My friend started humming and singing what was on TV. In just a few
moments, many of the residents began to do the same. Many of these
residents cannot form an understandable sentence, but they were recalling and
in their fullness, singing a song of their younger years that left a deep
impression. My friend wrote, "It was a moving experience."
My dad in his
last years in the same facility did not talk much but I remember hearing him
pray. It was a short prayer, "Lord Take Me.". I heard it
many times before the hair stood on the back of my neck with my thought,
"I hope in my last days, I too am praying to God." It is the
only public prayer I ever heard my father pray. That made it all the more
special.
When I stop and
think about my mother's last moments I often feel the tingling in my spine.
She had pneumonia and had been gurgling and rasping for breath for the
better part of the previous 24 hours. Several times as I sat with her in her
last day I had told her I loved her but it was time for her to go on to see
Jesus. She held on. About 1:00 pm my pastor came to see us. She
stayed awhile and as she was about to leave, Brenda had a prayer. I was
holding my mother's hand as Brenda prayed. In the middle of that prayer,
the gurgling and rasping stopped, and mother was gone. My spine still
tingles as I write this and tears want to come.
What a wonderful
gift my parents gave me as their life ebbed into eternity.
Spine tingling moments are often a gift of the Holy Spirit
touching our most inner soul. Cherish
them, share them, as it might help others understand why in special times their
spine tingles and the hair stands on the back of their neck. For many, it is a Gift of the Holy Spirit telling you, "All is well, carry on".
God is Good.
Thanks be to
God.
Blessings,
lonnie
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