Prayer Request

Will be praying for Tina and her family tonight. Must be so hard for her...I pray that the Lord gives her strength, peace and the contentment to know that her sister is with Him now and will be free of all pain and suffering for ever more. Doesn't really give much relief in the here and now - but I pray that her faith will remain strong and that God's peace be with her.

Thank you girls SO much! You just don't know how much I needed this right now, and the support means more to me than I could ever convey with words.
It's almost midnight, and I have just gotten home from being with my sister since early this morning. She has been terribly ill today, and it hit me so hard this evening...just the realization that she was really and truly dying with cancer.
She and I talked for a long time about how difficult it is/has been to grasp the reality of the entire situation. The thoughts and love we shared today were bittersweet, but so needed. Sometimes it just helps to get our thoughts and fears out in the open.
We have both tried to be strong for each other, so we have kept some emotions bottled up between us, and it was such a relief to share our feelings.
I think I have shared with you that my sister and I are only 18 months apart in age, so I truly don't remember life without her, even though I am older. We have always been the best of friends...we went to college together, learned to drive together, shared a room when we were little girls, and still only live minutes apart and our lives have always been shared. The thought of going on without her literally tears me to pieces. However, I realize that I must focus on the blessings surrounding the time we have together NOW, and not dwell on the pain of the future without her.
I am exhausted, and I am about to turn in, but I must say that God led me here tonight. I was just going to come into my house and go straight to bed, as my family is already asleep, but I felt compelled to check in. I immediately saw the prayer area, and I didn't remember seeing it yesterday. When I saw it, I thought to myself that I would post my request for my sister, and you girls were already praying for all of us!
I never thought I would make REAL friends on a computer, but I have, and you girls are just so precious! I know that it's in our futures to somehow get together in the future, as I am sure that God put us all here for a reason, one of which I have already discovered!
Thank you girls for just being you!
Tina

Thank You, Tina for being so open with your thoughts and feelings and trusting us enough to confide in us during this transitional time for you.

Both my sisters were so much older than me that by the time I was about 7 they were already leaving home, they are only 2 years apart and were not always very close but have become more so today. They pretty much leave me out of the picture mainly because of resentment problems and maybe the age factor and also that I live so much further away.
I think you have been truly blessed to the max to have had the time you have with your sister and actually had a very healthy good relationship, the way it was meant to be between sisters. I admire that and wish I could have known what that feels like to have that closeness that I always yearned for.
I think you're such a genuine, caring and thoughtful person and I know that God is with you and your sister and you can take comfort in knowing that you will once again be reunited in heaven so don't think of this as all over, when its her time she will continue to be right here with you spiritually and you can talk to her at anytime and you know that she will finally have the peace she deserves and God will be welcoming her into His Kingdom..