Grieving Hearts

With a grieving heart I have to tell you that Monday night at about 10:37 pm our sweet bloggy friend Cindy went to be with the Lord. I don’t really know many details, but I had not heard from her since before the fast. I guessed that she had gotten really bad very quickly.

I didn’t personally know Cindy, but the bit I knew her through emails and her blog and her comments on my blog, I knew that she was a remarkable woman: kind and gracious, gentle, meek, humble, Mom of Many (10!), adoptive mom, homeschooling mom, passionate for the orphan, lover of home, devoted wife and radical follower of Jesus Christ.

I didn’t mention this before, but on June 10, 2009 I blogged about having received a sewing machine in the mail. A blog follower had read around Mother’s Day about my tradition for many years of making matching clothes for all of us but I had lost my sewing machine to our fire. It was Cindy who had read that and sent me a brand new machine. I was speechless!! In the midst of her own pain, disease and difficult life she was ministering to me and we didn’t even know each other!! Only a truly precious woman would do something so thoughtful.

I will keep it to myself, but the last email I received from Cindy she spoke something prophetic into my life. As I read the words that night, I knew that although the words had been typed by Cindy, they were right from the heart of God just for me. They were profound and I will forever treasure those words coming from my precious bloggy friend Cindy.

I cannot imagine how Howard is doing, let alone all the kids. How does one go on? How does one process such a deep and profound loss? Only by the grace of God and with the prayers of many….like us, their bloggy friends.

I have really prayed as I prepared to type this post, because many of you were first time fasters for Cindy just one week ago. We were all joining together in prayer and fasting and begging God for a miracle. The question could be on many minds: Why oh why, God, didn’t you heal? The thing we have to remember is that God is sovereign. He is in control.

Was Cindy’s healing too big for God? Absolutely not!! Was it too late that we fasted? Not a chance!! Up until her last breath, God was more than capable of healing.

Over the years, having fasted zillions of times, I have seen God move hugely. I have also seen Him remain silent. I have to humbly bow my knee and say, “Blessed be the name of the Lord. You are our loving Father and I trust you.”

For me, fasting for Cindy, even though God did not choose to heal her on this Earth….I can stand back and say, “I did all I could from afar for her and her family. I begged, pleaded, prayed with passion and fasted and yet God, you did not move as I had prayed.” Fasting is a total surrender of our will to God’s will. It is saying, “This is what I am begging for, but YOU are God. It’s your call.”

My fear is that many will say, “He didn’t do anything, what’s the point of fasting?” That would be the enemy directing that thought!! Fasting does far more than is evidenced in the physical. It is a supernatural, spiritual discipline. It is what builds our faith. We have seen God do so much when we fast.

I am confident that if Cindy could speak to us she would say something like, “Thank you my dear bloggy friends and family. Please do not allow my death to keep you from fasting – because it was not in vain. Please pray for my family. Please pray for my sweet Howard and please pray for my precious treasures. Please bloggy friends – keep fighting the fight and press in to knowing Christ deeper.”

Read her previous posts and you will find a deep woman who knew her Saviour. Trials have a way of bringing us even closer to Him….and there is no doubt she was close…..and now she is wrapped in His arms: free of pain and suffering, complete and whole.

At the bottom of all of Cindy’s emails she had a quote by Doug Phillips: The Bible calls children blessings and debt a curse. Yet in our society we apply for curses and reject blessings. Something is wrong with this picture.


Chew on that awhile, huh?

Now today, many of us are fasting for the release of the 4 little boys taken from the ministry AFrican Hearts in the city of Kampala, Uganda. I wrote about it 2 days ago. We are asking God to reveal the evil men who stole them away while they were sleeping. We are asking God for miracles on these four little boys behalf. Boys who have already suffered unspeakable things in their lives…boys who are just like your sons or brothers…just born in the “wrong place at the wrong time.” We are asking God to break the horrific tide of child trafficking that is becoming epidemic in our world. We are asking for a miracle – because we know that nothing is too difficult for our God.

I love you sweet bloggy friends and I thank each of you for praying and/or fasting for Cindy & her family and now these little boys. God has so much in store for us, as we join together at this very time in history for a very specific purpose – to be salt and light to a world that is groping in darkness desperately searching for people willing to stand and make a difference. xo

58 thoughts on “Grieving Hearts

  1. Since we can't see the whole picture we have to rely on the fact that God is "ordering that which His providence deems best". Perhaps as God heard our prayers He saw something we could not and decided to release her from further pain and suffering. He loves those precious kids – twice orphaned. God bless them.

    Acceptance with Joy

  2. you raise your voice in such a beautiful way, so eloquently. i thank God for giving you such a sweet voice, for your willingness to use it and for the people who listen.
    thank you, Jesus for sweet Linny!
    have a blessed day!

  3. God did heal Cindy! Maybe God didn't heal her in the way we ask but she is no longer suffering. Cindy is dancing, singing and in the presence of our mighty God.

    Cindy left knowing that people were praying all over the world not just for her but for her family. What better way to enter Heaven's gates knowing your family is being lifted in prayer from all over the world.

    I will continue to pray for her family as I can't imagine the pain the are feeling.

    Praying for those precious children of God and for their release!

  4. I am so sorry for your loss here on earth, but know that heaven has gained a wonderful servant of the Lord – who is no longer suffering.
    I will be praying for her family and friends.

    Ck
    P.S. My mother and I are also praying for the boys who were kidnapped. Please keep us posted!

  5. Linn, you are right…our fast was not in vain. Not the least little bit. This reminds me of when David prayed for his child that also wasn't healed after he fasted and pleaded with the Lord (2 Sam 12:16-25). God is sovereign. Cindy IS HEALED now. And as much as she loved her family…now that she has had a taste of heaven, I can guarantee there's no way she would come back even if she could.

    And I was a bit surprised that she was the one who sent you the sewing machine. Wow, what a generous heart in the midst of her pain. She had emailed me asking if I had heard that you received the machine or not. I never would have guessed that SHE was suffering as she was being a blessing to you in your suffering (from the fire).

  6. I heard from Ohilda's FB update and came straight here.
    With tears streaming down my face, I will still praise the Lord.
    The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
    I will keep praying for her children and husband.
    I so long for the day when there will be no more sickness, and when our Savior will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
    Who knows what our fasting accomplished, but it was not in vain.
    love,
    Holly-Purpose Driven Family

  7. Oh, Linny! Sitting here with tears. Precious Cindy. Can't grieve for HER, but sure can for her beloved family, left to wait behind until their time.

    SOmething you said struck me. "Up until her last breath, God was more than capable of healing." And it is so true…but even more…we have a GOD who can even raise the dead! I say this not to pretend to know about Cindy herself, but just to say that our God is even MORE powerful than THAT! We serve a great and mighty God who loves us beyond reason or explanation…and for that, I will be eternally grateful!!!!!!!!!

    Hugs…nancy in CT

  8. Linny-
    I have been following your blog for a month or so now. Thank you for sharing your love of God, your love of the orphan and your faith. Your words uplift and inspire me. Thank you for the update on Cindy. Perhaps her healing was that she was released from her painful earthly existence. My thoughts and prayers are with her family. I am also praying for the four little boys. My heart aches for them, and all the children like them. We have adopted 7 children. Six have come from the foster care system. Our hearts are for the orphan as well.
    Laine in Gilbert, AZ

  9. Hello Linn,
    Please send my regards to the family. I learned during bible school, Prayer is not a tool to change God's mind, but a way to understand His will. I hope they find His comfort and love in overwhelming doses. God bless.

  10. I am so sad for Cindy's family. I read the news earlier this morning on a yahoo group, and I am just so sorry. Nonetheless, I am confident that Cindy was indeed healed – the ultimate healing by the Great Physician. This has been comforting to me in times of personal loss and grief. Her family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

    ~Linda from Northern Colorado

  11. Linny, today as I fast for those boys, I will be in deep prayer for Cindy's family.
    My heart breaks for the ones she left behind, yet rejoices knowing she is with our Savior!
    I love that quote from Doug Phillips…

  12. I was already feeling a bit emotional today, and that just broke my heart. Wow. I'm pretty speechless. Praying for her family and those little boys. May God help us to understand that He is always good, and that He makes no mistakes. Praise the Lord.

  13. My heart breaks and tears flow for this family whom I've never met. We must remember God is sovereign and He has healed Cindy ultimately although in a way different than we desired. Thank you, Linny, for keeping us updated. We will continue to pray for her family and that of these boys.

  14. Oh Linny,
    I am so very sorry to hear about Cindy. I prayed for her even just this morning, not knowing that she was already in heaven. I am so sad for her husband and children.

    Wanted to let you know that I am joining you today in fasting for the safe return of those four precious boys in Uganda. My heart was broken when I read what had happened to them. Thank you for allowing us the privilege of joining you in praying for them.

    Oh Jesus, please, I am asking You to thwart the plans of the enemy. I pray that what is hidden in darkness will be brought to light, and these men will be revealed. Please Jesus, hide these boys under the shadow of Your wings and bring them back safely.

  15. I was 15 when my mom died of leukemia. She passed away only a few weeks after her diagnosis (and a little over a month after she first began showing real symptoms). My heart breaks for each of Cindy's children. They, and her husband, will be in my prayers.

    I read through her last few posts just a minute ago, and the post "It's a Hundred Little Things" broke my heart. I remember well how much life changed after my mom died. But, I also know that God can use the unimaginably difficult time for His purposes. Life will never be the same, but that does not mean that it will never be filled with joy again.

    My sister's wedding 3 years ago was joy-filled, and we found ways to remember my mom during that time. The morning of the wedding, my sister and I visited the cementary and put a "tossing" bouquet at her headstone. She tied our mom's wedding ring around her bouquet. And they had a small candle on a table at the front of the sanctuary.

  16. Linny, thank you for this beautiful post. I think the hardest thing to remember when you are praying for anything is that God will answer every prayer but according to His will. I am so sure our fasting helped Cindy,in many ways, ways we may not understand until we meet her in heaven.

    A little story for you. When I started the fast, my husband joined in, and I told my girls about Cindy. I asked them to give up sweets and snacks for the day, they agreeed.Andrew is only 5 so I left him out.
    Monday we left for camping in NH. When the kids and I were in bed my husband called them out to see the stars. I was too tired and Andrew was asleep. All of a sudden i heard them yell,"look a shooting star."They had never seen one before, not even my husband. A first for them all. I thought how odd that 4 people were looking into the exact same place in the sky at the same time to witness a shooting star. I didn't think much more about it until I read your post.. it was about the same time Cindy passed away.

  17. Crying with you this morning. Our prayers are not in vain and our fast was not unheard! This is the scripture God gave me upon reading the news about Cindy today. May God strengthen her family through this time of loss.

    Romans 8: 18-39

    18I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. 20For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21that[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
    22We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? 25But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

    26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. 27And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.

    More Than Conquerors
    28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,[b] who[c] have been called according to his purpose. 29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
    31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written:
    "For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."[d] 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[e] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    In Christ's Love,
    Elisa Peters

  18. My heart goes out to her precious family. Continued prayers for them. God's way is PERFECT although we might not understand it at times. He sees the WHOLE picture, we see so little of it.

    Hugs and love

  19. Hi! Just found your blog from another Uganda mom's blog. I will be keeping Cindy's family in my prayers. Thank you for writing such an encouraging and challenging word.

    BTW: there must be something about the name Elijah and Sanyu Babies. That is the name God gave to me before we started the adoption process. Our little guy, Lucus, soon to be Lucus Elijah, is waiting for us to get him.

    Blessings!!

  20. Maybe God chose to use our prayers asking for healing for Cindy's family instead of for Cindy herself…

    Cindy's passing was ineviteble (we were praying for later rather than sooner) as all of our's are… but the healing of family after a death is not – it can leave permanent scars…. so maybe our fasting is working for that purpose…

    I wish all of Cindy's family and friends much comfort in this time.

  21. Honestly, this is not how I had hoped that the Lord would move. But, ultimately our prayers have been answered. Cindy is healed – fully, completely, and dancing with her Savior!!! She will never know sickness again!! God is faithful – even though it doesn't look the way we had planned.
    My heart breaks for her family and friends. We'll continue to pray for them.
    Thanks Lin, for "introducing" us to your dear friend, Cindy. Our lives are all better for having known her.
    Hugs,
    Donna

  22. Just wanted to share that when I fasted (for the first time) the other day, I was driving down to Southern CA. Suddenly, in the middle of the desert with no clouds in the sky and no rain for miles I noticed that there were there were two pieces of a (or two) rainbows in the sky. It was peaceful and beautiful.

  23. So sorry to hear about Cindy. My heart especially aches for her family. I too hope that people do not feel disenchanted with the idea of fasting and prayer. It's something that I've struggled with understanding. How can God say no when there are literally thousands of people praying for a specific request? When there are children involved? When the request is for a very Godly person?

    One day I was really struggling with understanding that and at church the pastor preached on this very thing. At the end he said, "God is God and I am not" and that is the answer, and we just have to accept that we are humans and will never understand why God moves and sometimes He doesn't.

    I'm sure you are familiar with the Steven Curtis Chapman song, "God is God" but I listen to it in times like this. The chorus especially speaks to me:

    God is God and I am not
    I can only see a part of the picture He's painting
    God is God and I am man
    So I'll never understand it all
    For only God is God

    ~Amy

  24. I too am fasting today for the little boys, but also for some things here at our house.
    About Cindy, I was concerned what would happen if God chose not to heal her after all the people fasting…tests my faith too. All I can say is God chose some very needed people in this past week. Just a week ago he called a young adoptive father (36) from our circle and on Mon his wife and 5 children laid his body to earth. He was killed in a "freak" accident w/ a tree. Hard to understand…but as you said God's ways are higher than ours.

  25. Thank you Linny. Thank you for this post and for still encouraging those who fasted for the first time, not to quit just because Cindy lost her battle here on earth. We may never know the depth of what God was able to do through the sacrifice we all made that day…but I'm certain it wasn't done in vain. He IS faithful, and He IS in control. We need to focus our prayers on Cindy's husband, children, and extended family and friends who are left here on earth, broken-hearted and missing her so deeply. And like you said, Cindy would want us to continue to draw near to God and not be deterred by the enemy who would like us to think "what's the point??" …God is able to do amazing things through the sacrifice of fasting and the power of prayer in numbers. So if anyone out there is struggling with this and wondering what next?…I say, combat the enemy (Satan) with continued growth and faith in our Lord and join with us in fasting for the four boys in Africa who need us to "battle" on their behalf, and so many others who are in need. Pray and ask the Lord to show you who you can be praying for, I guarantee there are MANY! We live in a world of hurt and pain, and the only true answer is JESUS! <><

    Blessings and Hugs,
    ~Tanya

  26. I read your blog through iGoogle reader so when I signed on and saw only the title of your post, my heart dropped to my stomach. Having just recently lost my dad (I'm 19), I can't imagine what her children are going through. I'll be praying for her family and friends. She is finally healed and happy in the presence of our Lord. What a beautiful thing.

  27. Is there a place where we can send our thoughts and prayers to her family? A part of me is so sad for her family today. I know that she is in the best place ever but I know it will be so difficult for her family.

    Portia

  28. Dearest Linny,

    Thank you for letting us know about Cindy. In a way, I believe God did heal her, just not in the way we were expecting, or desired. I am praying for her family and her DH Howard. Praying for you too, dear, as you have so much on your plate right now.
    Thanks for sharing about your sewing machine. That is so amazing!
    Cindy will be greatly missed.
    Love you,
    Alycia

  29. Oh Linny,
    How sad my heart is to hear the news about Cindy! But really it is good news for Cindy, and God did hear our prayers and answered for He gave her eternal healing!
    I think of a scripture the Lord gave me years ago when I was trying to make sense out of the death of a dear lady who was a missionary that went to our church and had a loving husband and 4 children, one being tremendously handicapped, and I just thought why would you do this Lord, and this is what He gave me in His word, and it sure helped me, hope it will help others as well.

    It is Isaiah 57:1 & 2 Niv

    "The righteous perish and no one ponders it in his heart, devout men
    are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
    Those who walk uprightly enter into
    peace; they find rest as they lie in death."

    My heart is so sad for Cindy's family, I know she is happy and with her savior and He has probably already shown her how all this is gonna turn out for His Glory, and for the welfare of her
    family.

    It was neat to see what the Lord did in the other families lives I
    was talking about. The Lord brought a single woman who was also involved in missions and of course, had no children, and she
    took all of his children on as her own, and things turned out very well. God always has a plan.

    But we are right to be sad for her
    family and to lift them up during this most difficult and excruciating experience.

    Life is short, we never know what a day will bring……….that is why we have to love those we love
    with all we have and not waste a minute.
    Love and Blessings,
    Nellie

  30. Oh Linny,

    I am so saddened for Cindy's family, but am so thankful that they know our Savior and that they know that someday they will be worshipping and praising the King with her again.

    Hugs,

    Ohilda

  31. Dear Linny-

    Thank you for ministering to us yet again in the nidst of the pain of losing Cindy.

    Our dear and glorious physician, the great God Almighty, has healed Cindy. She is now free from all physical and spiritual pain and rests in his great arms with all the saints.

    It is the rest of us, and mostly her family, who now have the pain-and have had it for months as they watched her suffer.

    But God can use that suffering-as you well know-and he will use it for years to come. God will not abandon Cindy's "Treasures" and her husband-he didn't give them Cindy to cause them pain. She has blessed them, and even now, she is blessing all of us who do not even know her-through you.

    Our prayers and fasting were answered-but as you say, it was His will and not ours.

    "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done…"

    Cindy's family will remain in our prayers.

    Mary Beth

  32. I am saddened for Cindy's family. What a terrible burden for them!

    I tried to post the following on Cindy's site.

    God Bless the husband and children of Cindy. Please give them strength to carry her life's ambition to fruition. May each of the children carry her love of Jesus and love of them throughout their life.

    If you know the e-mail you may also send this there.

  33. I am so sad for her family, but so happy for her. She is with Jesus! My prayers now will change to comfort their greiving hearts and that all her children may be saved that they may know there Moms saviour and one day see her again. Jenne iN OR

  34. Fasting for Cindy was my first time fasting and I was a bit disheartened when I started to read today's post. I really did believe that we would witness a miracle here on Earth with Cindy. My heart is heavy today knowing the loss her family is experiencing. However, I have fasted for the four boys today and my faith is not "shaken" by the outcome of our fast of last Monday. As you have all said, Cindy has been healed just not in the way that we had all hoped. I am now rejoicing for Cindy – being with our Lord! I will continue to pray for her family and for the four boys in Africa!

    Thank you again Linny for sharing your faith with us!

    Much love,
    Charissa

  35. I am so very sad to hear of Cindy's passing, but I feel confident that the Lord will somehow use it for His Glory. I will continue to pray for her family, and yet I know Jesus is already caring for them. Thank you, precious Jesus!

    It is at times like this when I am sensing the awesome greatness of our God, that I feel so very small.

    Humbly,
    Karen

  36. I am confident that my prayers for Cindy have been answered. Though God did not act to heal her in this life, I am certain that she is healed in the next and have faith that God has eased her passing and comforted her family in ways that we will not know, answering our prayers.

  37. Oh Linny–there simply are no words, friend. Some things we will never understand this side of heaven. Praise God this is all so temporary. Come quickly Lord Jesus.
    Heartbroken!
    Adeye

  38. God did heal her, just not in the way they we wanted it. But again it is God's will not our own. My prayers now go for the family. Please let them know we are still praying for them all.

    Also if I may ask. Please lift up a family that their son, brother was killed last night. The son was special needs. I never met him, but did see him walking on the same road that would take his life.

    My heart breaks for the ones left behind. I know in time God will heal. He has healed me from the pain of loosing so many in my life the past 5 years. (my grandparents on both sides and my mother just 1 year ago. God is good and I praise him in the good and the bad. He is my strength. I pray that others will know the love he has for us all.

    Blessings

  39. Linn,
    Though I did not know Cindy my heart still aches for her family. I read her blog and have looked at her precious children. I will continue to pray for her children and husband during this difficult time. I too fasted and prayed with you and had hoped for a different healing but we have to trust in what the Lord has planned. He has healed Cindy now he will be with her family as he heals them and they can begin to see his bigger plan.
    I will continue to pray for the boys in Africa as well.
    Another mom to many (7)
    4 from China
    Jackie

  40. I heard from Ohilda's FB page, and came straight here to read your post. I couldn't even reply until today. My heart is so heavy for this family. Cindy's posts have been so real, so amazing…so sad and yet, full of hope in our God. We prayed and fasted in hopes that God would heal her on this earth, but He has chosen to heal her in heaven. This morning, I read Psalm 146:9, the LOrd…sustains the fatherless and the widow(er).

    And Isa. 46:4; "Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you and I will rescue you."

    And Isa. 40:11; "He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those who have young."

    God WILL sustain them and our prayers/fasting will help. I am praying for you, too, Linny. You have had so many heartbreaks this year and I can only imagine what a blow this was for you personally. Hugs to you…my sweet friend.

  41. Linny,
    Thank you for your beautiful post! I'm not sure how I came to find your blog a couple of weeks ago but I know it was meant to be. I was one of those that fasted for the first time and I do not feel it was in vain. I can't find it in my heart to feel anything but joy that Cindy is with the Lord…healed by His grace. Yet, my heart is weeping for her family. Such an immeasurable loss for them. In the short time that I have come to know of Cindy, I was so touched by a comment in one of her recent posts. She felt God asked her if she loved her family more than Him. I paused. I'm not sure I have ever really thought about loving God more than my family until I read her words. Now I can't stop thinking about it and how I must learn to do just that.
    I'm sorry for the loss of your dear friend! How special that you can think of her each time you sew.
    I will continue to pray for her beautiful famiy.
    Have a blessed day!
    Robin

  42. PS…

    I love the quote by Doug Phillips. I am going to place the quote on my blog in memory of Cindy so that I remember to pray for her family whenever I read it. Its so true! I wish that more people would bring home these orphans.

    Blessings,
    Robin

  43. Dear Linny, I think Cindy would also be telling you not to grieve for she is with Jesus. You have done well to motivate a whole body of believers to return to fasting or start new. Sometimes, God is His mercy, grants the gift of ultimate healing-that of taking one home to Him.
    Hugs today.
    Noreen

  44. Sweet blessings Linny & Holy Comfort,

    Sharing tears of grief & joy with you & the family that knew Cindy!

    Thank you for your heart!

    I have few words but I left a prayer a Cindy's Faithful Promise & would encourage all of us to leave words on the post her family did to let us know but better yet PRAYERS!
    I left one there & at the Lighthouse of Prayer!

    God did hear our prayers & our fast was not in vain. I truly believe her peaceful passing attests to this and that our ULTIMATE HEALING comes when we walk into our Heavenly Home & Our Father wraps His loving arms around us & send His Comforter to all those left behind. When we pray for HIS WILL, we must be willing to accept His will & the greater purpose in all this!

    What you shared of Cindy, this remarkable woman of faith & giving, will bless her memory & the treasure she left you from God will keep her alive as we rejoice in her homecoming & seek the JOY that comes in the mourning!

    Peace & love & a big hug!
    Peggy

  45. oh, my heart aches for her family. but, i have no doubt that despite the love, the prayers, the fasting, God's plan is perfect.
    how i'm sure He delighted in His children coming together for a common purpose. and God used Cindy and you, Linny, to encourage & teach many of us to fast. i will always think of cindy, and say a prayer for her family, now when i fast.

  46. I am so sorry for Cindy's family- God Bless them.
    They will miss their sweet mom, wife and friend. It is all so hard to understand but we need to trust our dear Lord. It is a blessing she is pain free, at peace and with our heavenly father.

    I will continue to pray for her husband and family.
    My heart aches for them.

  47. I've been out of town for a week and just catching up… So sad to read this post, yet, I've walked through this with a friend's husband who died of melanoma at age 47…

    Your words are so true… God is sovereign and most importantly, He is good. It's times like this that we just have to choose to trust His goodness.

    My heart breaks for her family, but as you said, God healed her, just not on this earth as we had hoped.

    Thanks you for keeping us posted, from her blog, she was truly a special woman!

    Hugs,
    Sharla

  48. Praising God for the MIRACLE of ULTIMATE healing for Cindy! I can't imagine the pain the family is dealing with…and I am sad that she is gone from this earth…but what an affect she had…on so many!
    Praising…and still praying!

  49. My heart aches for Cindy's dear family and friends. Oh Lord, bring peace and comfort; sustain Cindy's husband, children, and friends during this time of loss. Father, You alone have healed Your precious daughter, restoring her to complete and perfect health for she is now with You. Be with her loved ones, Lord.

    My thoughts and prayers continue to be with Cindy's family and friends.

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