Comments on: OH DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING? http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/ Carlos Whittaker's Weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:29:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: GENERATE BLOG http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/#comment-257576 GENERATE BLOG Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:59:43 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=6588#comment-257576 [...] a month ago I flew to Riverside to bury a friend and hug his wife and kid. (Mark pictured below) Since then I have played a high school conference, rearranged my office, [...] [...] a month ago I flew to Riverside to bury a friend and hug his wife and kid. (Mark pictured below) Since then I have played a high school conference, rearranged my office, [...]

]]> By: “Such a tremendous sadness” | Ragamuffin Soul http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/#comment-257554 “Such a tremendous sadness” | Ragamuffin Soul Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:17:16 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=6588#comment-257554 [...] a month ago I flew to Riverside to bury a friend and hug his wife and kid. Since then I have played a high school conference, rearranged my office, brainstormed a new sermon [...] [...] a month ago I flew to Riverside to bury a friend and hug his wife and kid. Since then I have played a high school conference, rearranged my office, brainstormed a new sermon [...]

]]> By: Silvana http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/#comment-254037 Silvana Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:02:21 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=6588#comment-254037 Four years ago I held my 16 year old sister's hand as she took her last breath. I close my eyes and see her face and i can still feel the sting in my hand and heart. I'm praying for you and your friends. Four years ago I held my 16 year old sister's hand as she took her last breath. I close my eyes and see her face and i can still feel the sting in my hand and heart.

I'm praying for you and your friends.

]]> By: rodge http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/#comment-254081 rodge Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:02:09 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=6588#comment-254081 you prayed for me, now I will pray for you. you prayed for me, now I will pray for you.

]]> By: Talia http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/#comment-254071 Talia Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:10:57 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=6588#comment-254071 i feel you last april 21 my best friend killed himself, then two weeks later my great grandpa died, and then two weeks after that my dear friend nathan died to a skateboarding accident. which was the second friend i have lost to a skate boarding accident. so i feel you man. its a hard long road im not going to beat around the bush and say that it would be easy and that all the hooblah that people tell you. which yes is true but when its you its like you cannot do anything except grieve and talk about it as much as possible. anyway im here for you if that helps. i feel you last april 21 my best friend killed himself, then two weeks later my great grandpa died, and then two weeks after that my dear friend nathan died to a skateboarding accident. which was the second friend i have lost to a skate boarding accident. so i feel you man. its a hard long road im not going to beat around the bush and say that it would be easy and that all the hooblah that people tell you. which yes is true but when its you its like you cannot do anything except grieve and talk about it as much as possible. anyway im here for you if that helps.

]]> By: Rene' http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/#comment-253860 Rene' Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:18:26 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=6588#comment-253860 I losr my mom to cancer 18 years ago January 16th. Ironically enough my mom helped me through her death with her deep belief in Christ and God's will. No matter how bad the news got she always praised God because He had a plan! It is still tough, even 18 years later. I losr my mom to cancer 18 years ago January 16th. Ironically enough my mom helped me through her death with her deep belief in Christ and God's will. No matter how bad the news got she always praised God because He had a plan! It is still tough, even 18 years later.

]]> By: shari brown http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/#comment-253875 shari brown Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:00:39 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=6588#comment-253875 Just dropping by to check on you and your family. We are just internet friends, but I love ya like a brother and wish I cold take some of your pain, ease your load. Will keep praying for you and Mark's families. Just dropping by to check on you and your family. We are just internet friends, but I love ya like a brother and wish I cold take some of your pain, ease your load. Will keep praying for you and Mark's families.

]]> By: Taramix http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/#comment-253873 Taramix Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:21:49 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=6588#comment-253873 My husband was 34 when he died, I was 26. Our son was almost 2 years old. It's been 7 years and I didn't do too well for the first 5 of those years. I'm better now but it's extremely difficult when it's so close. It changes what what you knew as normal. My heart is with Angie. My husband was 34 when he died, I was 26. Our son was almost 2 years old. It's been 7 years and I didn't do too well for the first 5 of those years. I'm better now but it's extremely difficult when it's so close. It changes what what you knew as normal. My heart is with Angie.

]]> By: Annie_B http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/#comment-253872 Annie_B Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:15:34 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=6588#comment-253872 I am so sorry for the loss of your friend. I've been praying for him since the beginning, checking the blog every day, and I almost felt I knew him. Some friends of mine here in town did know him, and I grieve for all those who lost Mark - he was a husband, a father, a friend. I lost my father when I was 2, my mother when I was 10, and my stepfather when I was 13. Two uncles and an aunt while I was a child. My first boyfriend was killed by a drunk driver...a good friend killed in a car accident when she was 25 - she was a wife and mother. One of my brothers died of bone cancer, and I lost my sister to complications of Crohn's disease. I lost a good friend a year ago right after Thanksgiving, and another good friend the night before this Thanksgiving. When I was a child, I thought I was a jinx...the catalyst for all this grief. How do we go on? We trust. God doesn't make the hurt go away immediately - we were created to grieve. And we shouldn't grieve alone - that's why people move together in their pain, to tell the stories, remember the funny times, the times when our friends, our family, were strong, or funny, or brave, or silly, or loving. When I'm grieving the loss of someone I love, I don't grieve for them - I have the hope and faith that they are okay......I'm grieving my own loss. The fact I'll never hear their voice again, or feel their touch. Never again share memories with them. And God does heal....he patches the holes in our hearts that are created when we lose someone we love. I think my heart looks like a patchwork quilt by now...but the seams are strong - stitched together by His love. I am so sorry for the loss of your friend. I've been praying for him since the beginning, checking the blog every day, and I almost felt I knew him. Some friends of mine here in town did know him, and I grieve for all those who lost Mark – he was a husband, a father, a friend.
I lost my father when I was 2, my mother when I was 10, and my stepfather when I was 13. Two uncles and an aunt while I was a child. My first boyfriend was killed by a drunk driver…a good friend killed in a car accident when she was 25 – she was a wife and mother. One of my brothers died of bone cancer, and I lost my sister to complications of Crohn's disease. I lost a good friend a year ago right after Thanksgiving, and another good friend the night before this Thanksgiving.
When I was a child, I thought I was a jinx…the catalyst for all this grief.
How do we go on? We trust. God doesn't make the hurt go away immediately – we were created to grieve. And we shouldn't grieve alone – that's why people move together in their pain, to tell the stories, remember the funny times, the times when our friends, our family, were strong, or funny, or brave, or silly, or loving.
When I'm grieving the loss of someone I love, I don't grieve for them – I have the hope and faith that they are okay……I'm grieving my own loss. The fact I'll never hear their voice again, or feel their touch. Never again share memories with them.
And God does heal….he patches the holes in our hearts that are created when we lose someone we love. I think my heart looks like a patchwork quilt by now…but the seams are strong – stitched together by His love.

]]> By: Rachael http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/2009/01/oh-death-where-is-your-sting/#comment-253888 Rachael Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:02:00 +0000 http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=6588#comment-253888 I tend to shut down for a while. Writing, reading, and listening to music always helped me. Or the best is to sit on the beach or hike to the top of a mountain and scream, cry, or whatever at God until He comforts you with His holy spirit. I will be praying for you and everyone else touched by this. I tend to shut down for a while. Writing, reading, and listening to music always helped me. Or the best is to sit on the beach or hike to the top of a mountain and scream, cry, or whatever at God until He comforts you with His holy spirit. I will be praying for you and everyone else touched by this.

]]>