Lori @ Queen's April 2015
Queens' visit 12/16/15
I posted this on FB today at around 1pm:
Spent many a day here on this floor in this wing supporting and loving my wife Lori Nakamoto thru it all.
Came to visit a church sister Kelsy Pomroy and a classmates sister Marsha Hatakeyama Charlene Mersburgh and was on the 7th floor of Queen Emma Tower...
Brought back an overwhelming amount of memories of the toughness of my wife and the huge support of the Doctors and nurses and staff of Queens hospital.
Got to bump into by a God - ordained appt with Loris 2 favorite nurses, Rosalia and Kathy....they loved Lori very much...so much so that they both came to her celebration of life...Lori had that effect on people...her portagee presence spread like aloha...
So much memories of the people who cared for her as she fought and won the battle of life, of all the family and friends who sat with her, prayed for her, massaged her, did her nails, and just was there when they were needed so much...
So overwhelmed by how God worked out all things for His good...and for our good...it was an amazing journey...and as I continue to live out this journey of hope, grief, joy, sadness and a gamut of other emotions...I an confident of the plans God has for me and for Brandi Moto and for all those that blessed her.
The love of lori will never be forgotten...the smile of Lori will never be replaced but we push on...living out the calling in our lives with great joy and gratefulness.
Love u Lord, love u babes, love u Pii and love u all who made this 2015 a year to remember.
To God be the glory!
Jeremiah 29:11-14 says this:
For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will restore your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’
You see, vs 11 is a well known Bible verse, probably one of the most memorized scriptures people know...however, for me, the verses after it, 12-14 bring me so much hope and peace in how God works His will and way in my life, our lives. You see, God knows all things and all means all..He foreknew the plans for Lori, for Brandi and for me...and in doing so, when the time came for Lori to graduate to heaven, my hope my desire had to be to call upon Him and pray to Him..because His word says, He will listen. I will seek Him with all my heart, and I will find Him in the midst of the hurt, the loss, the sorrow. And like verse 14 says, I will find Him and He will restore my fortunes..Now my fortunes are not of the material world..it is of the Kingdom of Heaven realm: joy, peace, patience, grace. love, kindness, goodness...all the attributes of God..and then some..that is the fortune that He is restoring to me daily...as this hole in my heart is becoming whole again because of His love for me.
I pray that as I continue to share my journey with you all, that it will bring healing to you in whatever you may be going thru..a loss of a loved one, a broken relationship, addiction, anger, depression..whatevers..whatever you may be going through, just know that God knows..He knows all of what you are going thru..and he wants you to be whole in Him...He can fill the hole in your heart...call upon Him, pray to Him, seek Him with all your heart and He will listen..His desire is to be in relationship with you now..that is the best Christmas present you will ever get...a relationship with Jesus.
Thank you all for allowing me to share and grieve in my own way.
Love you all and God bless!!!
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