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Comments on: Lessons from the brain dead https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lessons-from-the-brain-dead Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comment-436 Sun, 21 Jul 2019 03:24:29 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464#comment-436 In reply to Katie Newenhouse.

Thanks so much, Katie! I’ll never turn someone down who offers to pray for me and ESPECIALLY a cure for LAM!!! It’s a sucky disease – but I am continuously meeting people with much worse conditions which makes me embarrassed that I’ve ever complained! And you’re right – God’s strength is what pulls me through the hard days (which really aren’t that often). Without Him, I’d be done. Thanks for reaching out!!!

]]> By: Katie Newenhouse https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comment-435 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 05:03:14 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464#comment-435 Wow! This is so beautifully written. It breaks my heart when I hear stories about children suffering like Corinna. I will continue to keep you in my prayers, Cindy, and pray for a cure for LAM as well. May you feel God’s strength and peace helping you through those tough moments and days when you want to have a pity party. There are so many things of this world that will just never make sense to us this side of heaven.
Love and prayers,
Katie Newenhouse

]]> By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comment-434 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 03:56:03 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464#comment-434 In reply to Darlene.

Precious friend – May you always feel the arms of Jesus surrounding you on this journey. To be honest, it still surprises me when someone calls me brave or courageous – because I truly derive strength from all of you who respond and share YOUR own stories! I feel less alone and that helps me! So, in reality, we encourage one another! And I also just know that I’ve learned to wake up every day and say, “Thank you God for THIS day. I don’t know about tomorrow, but TODAY I get to wake up!” And so we go forth, Darlene, and live as well and fully as possible with each new day, thanking God for every breath, and trusting his sovereignity. He is faithful. You will be in my prayers!

]]> By: Darlene https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comment-433 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 21:22:09 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464#comment-433 Thank you for the words you share with us. I was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer a few months ago and am not sure what, if anything the future holds. Your courage and bravery has been an inspiration to me. I am much older than you and should be grateful for that, but sometimes I have my little pity parties. When I read your blogs, like the one today, I am reminded again that God knows and cares for each of us and whatever the future holds, we will face it with hope and courage as he surrounds us with his never failing love.

]]> By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comment-432 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 14:57:25 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464#comment-432 In reply to MaryBeth Gernaat.

Thank-you, MaryBeth. I hope you know how much you, your work, and your family’s influence have shaped our lives over the years – it’s priceless, truly priceless… Love you.

]]> By: MaryBeth Gernaat https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comment-431 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:46:54 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464#comment-431 Beautiful reflection….thanks for the glimpse into your life. Thanks also for sharing your thoughts on short-term mission work. I share your viewpoint and wish others could see the truth of this practice, so perhaps through what you referenced someone will! Love to you!

]]> By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comment-430 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 03:36:58 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464#comment-430 In reply to Leisa Snow.

Thanks, Leisa. As we’ve discussed and as both our lives can testify: sometimes suffering brings us closer to the heart of Jesus. It seems so counter-intuitive, but still so true.

]]> By: Leisa Snow https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comment-429 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:49:38 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464#comment-429 A beautiful commentary on suffering which many people fail to understand in our current day. Corinna is a testament to suffering and is certainly a child of God that is able to teach us a beautiful lesson. Beautiful story and writing Cindy 🙂

]]> By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comment-428 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 01:59:24 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464#comment-428 In reply to Carole Laugavitz.

Agree. LAM sucks. And I’m very prone to those pity parties, too. But we must not despair, not because we don’t have it as bad as Corinna, but because we are LOVED just the same by a God who doesn’t see our limitations. He sees us perfected in Him. Wow. That thought blows me away!!! Press on, sister Lammie!!!

]]> By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comment-427 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 01:56:27 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464#comment-427 In reply to Peg.

Love you so much, Peg. The words are just God’s and he’s just given me to the tools to share them. May I ALWAYS check with him first before ever hitting that ‘publish’ button…

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