“ Mom , Don’t Sit There.” M y first year with hospice I had a young 19 year old patient with abdominal cancer. I asked her if she had come to the place in her life where, if she were to die, she knew she would go to heaven. She said, “No.” I then shared with her from Scripture the good news of God’s love in Christ. She decided that she wanted to commit her life to Christ, and so we prayed together as she invited Christ to become her Lord and Savior. A real peace seemed to come over her. The next morning her mother went into her bedroom and started to sit on her bed. She said, “Mom, don’t sit there. There’s an angel there.”—The following morning she died. We never know when “our day” will come, which is why the Bible reminds us, “Now is the day of salvation.” (II Corinthians 6:2) Don’t procrastinate! d
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