Cherryl M. from California

I want to give a great big "thank you!" to Pastor Nancy for her teaching on victory over grief. My husband had a massive heart attack and was without oxygen to the brain. He ended up being on a trach and feeding tube for 6 years. I lived with my cell phone in my pocket for 6 years, waiting for them to call me at any given time that he was going to die. When I heard Pastor Nancy share how she handled the passing of her husband, it helped me so much! I had never heard a message on that! It helped me to know how to handle it, even before it had happened to me.

At the end, my husband had COVID, so they wouldn't let me anywhere near him or his room. The doctors were telling me that his organs were shutting down. They wouldn't come out and say he was dying, but they would ask if I understood what they were saying. I was standing in faith for my husband's healing, and I thought that if he died, I would raise him from the dead. During that time, my daughter had a dream that he went to Heaven, and in the dream he said he was tired of fighting. When she told me of her dream, I knew that he would pass, and I was okay with that since he said that, so I released him. He passed away in January of 2022.

Pastor Nancy's teaching and example helped prepare me. When they called to tell me that he had passed away, I was able to roll over and go to sleep. I knew the Father had him now. We have the joy and peace inside of us, and we can choose it! I choose joy! People have tried to get me to go to grief support groups, and I won't. I don't ever want to go back to where I was before! It has been a year now, and when grief has tried to come on me, I just choose joy! I refuse to grieve! Pastor Nancy's teachings have helped me tremendously! I am celebrating! It is a new day!