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10/14/08
Precious sister, Donna, and your daughter,
Lorraine, below are the many postings for you both on 5 Doves that I thought you might
like to have for good, where you can reread them any time you wish. May
the Father of all comfort give you His comfort, strength, and grace during
your time of pain and grief. We will continue praying for you both in
the month(s) ahead until our Messiah comes to take us Home at last!
Love from your sister in Yahshua!
Peggy (& Richard) McIlveene
Email from Donna on
10/12/08
The hospital called me around 3:43 a.m. early Sunday morning,
on 10/12, telling us that my husband Lee had just passed away. We
are going to hold a memorial service for him on 10/15. I'd like to
thank everyone for who prayed for him and our family. We'll always
remember him joking around and singing to the nurses on the third floor in
the hospital and waltzing around his room with one of his favorite nurses
there before he ended up in the ICU. Even in the ICU he was able
to sing a few bars from one of the songs that he liked when our
daughter started to sing to him. He will be dearly missed by us.
Through this experience I have learned how much
the Lord Jesus Christ so deeply loved us that he gave his life on the cross
for us because I told the Lord in a prayer that if he would take years off
my life and give my husband more years to live, I would be willing to do it
and give up those years for my husband to live longer, but I also said not
my will but God's will be done. I am thankful to the Lord that my
husband didn't spend months and months of pain and suffering with cancer; he
had no pain from the cancer, but we are certainly going to miss him, and it
is so very lonely here without him. I'll always remembering him
dancing and jumping around our living room with our daughter Lorraine and
their singing songs together on the piano. They both shared a love of
classical music. I'll also treasure the memories of the togetherness
of us three being together in the evening in our living room when our
daughter came home from work. As I told my husband the other day in
the hospital, it's not necessary to talk all the time to the one you love,
but it's just the contentment of being with them in the same room and
knowing that they are there with you. Our daughter always told us both
"love you forever", and we told her the same. Down through
the years we will never forget the love the three of us shared for each
other. Please keep our daughter and I in your prayers.
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Precious
in the sight of the Lord is the death of His godly ones. (Psalm
116:15)
Therefore,
being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in
the body we are absent from the Lord--for we walk by faith, not by
sight--we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent
from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
(2 Corinthians 5:6-8) |
10/12/08
My deepest condolences to you & family,
Donna. You will soon see your husband again!
John
10/14/08
Good morning John, Please pass our condolences
on to Donna and her daughter.
Blessings,
Scott and Oriole
My prayers are with you sister Donna, May we
all see him soon...
ybic
Randy Larson
Oh, Donna, I know I am voicing the same feelings
as other Doves... We mourn your loss with you and hurt for you. We put
our collective arms around you and hold you tight, praying that the God of all
comfort will comfort you and sing to you and hold you in the hollow of His
hand.
We rejoice that your husband is with the God of peace, and that we will meet
and you soon.
Our love goes out to you, dear one.
Rhonda
May the Lord renew your strength my Precious
Sister!
I am so sorry for the tough period you are
going right now. It is normally hard for any human being to be left by
his/her lovely One.
May the Living God help you and make you
withstand all this time of your trial.
I am praying for you. I believe one day and
very soon Christ will call us home and you shall see your Husband again.
Hallelujah!
Earth is not our home, and therefore anytime
we shall leave it, be it at the Rapture or through individual death.
Take heart in the Lord Jesus Christ, and
there you will find your comfort.
Only
JESUS can comfort us, for He is the Father of the Fatherless, the Husband of
the Widows. May the Lord strengthen you during this tough time.
ALL THE GLORY TO GOD!
Peace!
Samson Mwawasi
Dear Sister
Donna,
Your loss
so touched my heart that it made me weep for you today. Strangely your
loss reignited the grief within for the loss of my own husband even though it
has been almost seven years. My heart's prayer is for our precious Jesus to
comfort you and your daughter as you cope with the pain and loss you are
enduring. It won't be easy but as the days pass you will come to grips with
the new normal and though nothing will ever replace that hole in your heart
the searing pain will subside. You and your daughter are in the prayers
of myself and all the Doves. Be ever blessed in Him.
YSIC,
Sheila Baker
Dear Donna,
This is not
the news I expected. I am so deeply sorry for your loss. I am without words,
except to say I will be praying for you and your daughter.
God bless
you and comfort you.
Loni
Sorry for
the lost Donna --- My heart goes out to you in prayer !
The Bible does not promise that Christians won't suffer. In fact, the
Scriptures give much evidence that we can expect to suffer, given the evil
that is in the world around us and the sin that is in us.
What God does promise is that our suffering can become the catalyst for new
growth. God promises to redeem our suffering into his glory.
What grief's are you currently suffering ? Can you entrust them to God,
confident that he will use them to bring new growth into your life ?
The worst kind of suffering is that which we experience alone. When we
suffer with another person who is sympathetic to our problem, the suffering
is easier to bear. Throughout history, God has sympathized with suffering
people. He hears our cries. How would your life and outlook be different if
you become convinced that God never failed to respond to your pain ?
One Love
Sister in Christ, Sincerely Gabridon
We will meet
with them in Glory SOON in Jesus !
I will be
praying for you and your daughter in the coming days. Maybe it will be
sooner than we realize, that we will see our loved ones in Heaven.
Your sister in Christ, Mary Bell
Dear Donna,
Just read your letter this morning. I am so sorry for your loss of your
husband. He sounds like a good, happy man and must have brought you much joy.
Like John, it won't be long before you see your husband again. I will be
praying for you and yours --Patty Hayes
Dear Donna,
I just wanted to let you know how sorry I was to hear about your husband.
I hope that you, your daughter and your family are doing okay. Please
know that I and the rest of the 5 Doves family are lifting you up in our
prayers. I believe that you are going to have a grand reunion with your
husband soon. And thank you for all of the time and effort that you put
into your posts. They enrich the site greatly.
Your sister in Christ,
Lisa Taylor
Dear Donna,
Please
accept my deepest sympathy .......
May you
know that we will keep you in our prayer during this difficult time. I
ask the Lord to bless you with courage to bear the sorrow that now fills your
heart. May the Lord be with you and your Daughter to fill your hearts
with peace to know that soon there will be the “reunion”; we pray that the
separation would not be a long one for you and your loved one....
...the God
of love and peace shall be with you - 2 Corinthians 13:11
YSIC
Shanthi
Donna,
My most sincere condolence goes to you and the family, with Lee's passing.
Late Sunday
night on the way back into town, I stopped at a remote area just off the
Natchez Trace Parkway where I go a lot to commune with the Lord Jesus about
things.
The name of
the place is Cave Springs, less than a mile from the Alabama-Mississippi
border.
While
there, I sensed strongly in the Holy Spirit that Lee had died sometime that
day.
So to come
in here, and read your announcement was no surprise.
And I also
believe that with the doctors finding what they found with his condition
almost by accident, helped listen the shock to you as well.
So that it
wasn't like that he would have just shockingly and unexpectedly up and died,
which is what could have happened.
Therefore,
I think that the Lord Jesus had prepared you somewhat for this, and I have to
think that you feel the same thing.
But just
the same, I grieve for your grief.
Again, my
condolences to you my good friend.
Joe Hoyle
Dear Sweet
Donna,
Even though
we don't know you in person, it feels like we do and our hearts were broken
for you when we heard the sad news of your beloved husband's passing...it
seemed to happen so quickly. Our hearts go out to you, in our family, there
are three of us as well -- our adult daughter still lives at home too.
We pray for your strength and comfort in knowing that Lee is now safe in the
arms of Jesus...and like you said, because of God's grace, he was spared the
physical suffering. When John Tng mentioned that you will be together
soon, my heart felt such peace because I believe it too...we will all be
together very soon -- and this time, it will be.... Forever!!!
Love in
Christ,
The Blewer Family
ps -- you
and your daughter were blessed to have a Christian Husband/Father with a fun
sense of humor...and he also loved music...our thoughts and prayers will be
with you both in the days ahead.
Donna,
I am
so sorry for your loss. I had Lee on my list each night and will keep you
and your family in prayer as well. Your description of Lee sounds like he
was a wonderful man and reminded me of my dad. My dad also sang songs and
danced around the house all the time just to make us all laugh and
smile :) [ He sang silly made up songs though that I and my
nephews & neice have apparently taken up doing...He handed that down to
us all. :) ]. I just know you will be seeing Lee so very very soon and we
will all be reunited with our loved ones. Please hold on to that thought and
know that the Lord loves you very much and also knows how to help you
through this time. I pray that Jesus will bring you peace and comfort and
that he will bless and keep you Donna. :)
Love YSIC,
Yeahooee!
Ted, that is so exciting and well done. Thank you so much. I'm doing the
Holy Ghost dance and Donna, while we mourn with you in our human side, yet
we also rejoice knowing that we are not as the world that has no hope. We
can dance soon with your husband like you describe him doing while he was
here. I love you in Jesus and look forward to dancing for joy with you all
very soon!
Doves, if
you missed Ted's awesome post here is the link:
How brave
you are to be able to write to us when Lee has passed on. I pray the Lord will
continue to make you brave, and send deep comfort to Lorraine as well.
You said you were married 30 years, I think. It will be 40 years for Irv
and me early in November. I can't remember the exact date. I am
hoping we make it to that date before one of us goes on to be with the Divine
Healer in Heaven. Satan is increasing his attacks on the Doves as we
near the time of the Lord's appearing.
May it be soon enough so you will shed very few more tears. No more
tears, Lord! May this promise manifest now.
Mariel Rowina
Oh I am so
very sorry for you Donna, your post brought tears to my eyes. John is right it
wont be long for you two to reunite and I hope we here at the five doves can
help keep you from being lonely.
Sincerely
Jeff Glawe
and for all
other prayer requests as well!! (Samson, Loni, Peggy, Cathy M
& Jason.....) so many others!
I'm sending special
hugs to you, Donna!! Your story was so sweet of you, your husband
& daughter all claiming, "love you forever" ... I
got a little misty!
Will be
praying for you to be strong in the faith & to be encouraged by the Lord
Himself in the trying days ahead!! The Lord will bless you with
peace that the world does not have ~ peace that passes all human
understanding! I pray this in Jesus' name!! And be
sure to hang on to our hope!! Our BLESSED HOPE!!!!
He comes
SOON! You'll see your husband alive again ~ never to die no more!!
Reva
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_4g8_e16dc
Donna, for
the song I wanted to share ~ the one I think will really bless you, is
Chris Rice singing, "Come to Jesus" but for some reason the link
I gave is not working.... Hmmm!
Well, when
you have a moment & care to, you can go to www.youtube.com
and then search for "Chris Rice" and when it pulls up, click on
"Come to Jesus"
It's so
soothing & a really good blessing to hear again!
:)
Dear Donna
Danna,
I have been reading your wonderful interesting letters over the years. Now I
write to you in symphathy to the passing if your husband. What a shock for
you all.The comfort that we have is the promise that Jesus gave us in John
chapter 14. May you be comforted by the Holy Spirit at this time, knowing
also that we shall all be changed very shortly.
Marianne
[Haworth] in New Zealand.
Dear Donna,
I cried when I saw your post ... It is a very difficult time ... but it may
ne good to remind ourselves of this ... especially these days
...
And I
heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest
from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Shalom shalom from Heaven's throne, that only knowing our Lord can give,
David [W. Zavitch]
Dear
Donna:
My deepest condolences. May our Lord Yahshua HaMashiah himself and God our
Father, who loves us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good
hope, encourages and comfort your hearts and strenghten you.
And as the word of God says: Romans 14: 7-8
"For none of us lives to himself, for in case we live, we live to the
Lord, and in case we die, we die to the Lord; so whether we live or die, WE
BELONG TO THE LORD!
Danna, my father passed away on 2002. He also suffered a septic shock after
been intervened of an apendicitis surgery and my mother passed away on 2006
. I want to share with you this version of San Agustin coments about our
beloved ones who preceded us. For me is like they are singing this song
right now.
"If you remember the Gift of and what it is the Sky, the Real
Heaven...! If you could hear the song of the angels and see me in the middle
of them! If for a moment you could contemplate like I the beauty before
which the beauties wane...!!
If you could see be developed before your eyes; the fields and the new
footpath I'm crossing!
You have seen me, you have loved me in the country of the shades and
you must resign yourself to see me now and to love me in the country
of the inmutable Realities! And When the death comes to break the ties like
are broken that chained the body, remember.. you will return to see me
in transfiguration, Transformed! , happy and in sublime ecstasy! No longer
waiting for the death, but advancing with you. that I will take you of the
hand by the new footpaths of life and light.
When the day arrives that God has fixed and knows and your souls come to
this place in which mine has preceded you.. That day you will return to see
me again and you will feel that itself loving you, that I loved you too and
you will find my heart with all purified tenderness. Dry your weeping and do
not cry, Just remember me with my best smile!
Devorahli [Rod]
Hi John,
I am new
to posting here, but I do read the letters daily. However, today I
felt compelled to write.
First, to Donna--I am so sorry for your loss! I was so shocked to read
of your husband's passing. I will be praying for you and your
daughter. Knowing that he is in a better place than we are, I hiope is
a comfort to you. Even so, Lord Come Quickly!
Second to John and Doves--Thank you so much for your letters. I am
just a lurker, but so inspired by all of you. I have learned a great
deal, and appreciate everyone's outlook and knowledge. Thank you to
all of you!
Melissa
Sorry to hear that. All my sympathy
for you and your family.
We have to remember that 1 Thess 4 :
16 - 17, the deads in Christ will rise up # 1 and us ,
only after them , we will be changed.
We will see each other, soon.
Question ?.... It is
not mentionned how much time between this
resurection and our changes ? It might be minutes or days or
weeks...
OR maybe as did
JESUS, after his resurrection ... He stayed 40 days with his
disciples.
Could it be that our resurected
friends and families in CHRIST be with us 40 days
as Jesus did . Then we get changed in a blink of
an eye. ????
They might walk with us for a while before
we all get raptured in the clouds ?we don't know ! I understand what
you feel. I lost one brother from cancer in 1993 january age 51. I
lost my father 84 in april 93 . only 3 months later. I
lost my mother 3 yrs ago ( age 93 ).in 2005 ... Still
hurts. It is reconforting to know what GOD has told us. We have to
keep on hoping for The coming of THE LORD. to
bring us to LIFE or to CHANGE US . Take good care in
Yeshua's holy NAME.
R100
10/15/08
Frank Molver
The double rainbow is you following the
present one. God's promise. Click HERE
to see the photos he chose for you, Donna.
Donna:
I am sure that I am not alone when I tell you that my thoughts and prayers
are with you during this time of your loss! May the God of all comfort be
there by your side!
Rene
"Precious in the sight of the LORD is
the death of His saints" (Ps. 116:15).
The righteous perish, and no one ponders
it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that
the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk
uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death" (Isa.
57:1-2).
"Then I heard a voice from heaven say,
“Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their
deeds will follow them” (Rev. 14:13).
-------- Public Enemy #1 is out to devour
you, your family, your children, your grandchildren, your spouse, your
parents, your preacher, your teachers, the youth, the young married's, the
seniors, the single parents, the employed, unemployed, and retired.
We can defeat our enemy if we stay alert,
self-controlled, and be willing to fight until the end.
You are not the only one fighting Satan.
We are all fighting Satan together. We must fight hand in hand 5
Doves. We need not fight each other, instead we need to fight Satan
together in Jesus Almighty name ....AMEN
GabriDon
Dear Donna,
I pray that the peace of Christ that passes
all understanding envelope you and your family during this difficult
time.
May I comfort you with this:
1 Thessalonians 4
13But I would not have you to be ignorant,
brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as
others who have no hope.
14For if we believe that Jesus died and
rose again, even so will God bring with Him those also who sleep in Jesus.
15For this we say unto you by the
Word of the Lord: that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the
Lord, shall not precede those who are asleep.
16For the Lord Himself shall descend
from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the
trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
17then we who are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in
the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18Therefore comfort one another with
these words.
YSIC
Gina McCray
Dear Donna,
I was so grieved for you to hear of the loss of your husband. I pray
that God will give you and your daughter strength and comfort of the Holy
Spirit during this time of adjustment. I also pray that the angels
will be so close by to you and your family at this time that you will be
able to walk through this valley knowing you are not ever alone.
Love in Christ,
PK
Many prayers for you and your family!
As your loved one enters the Gates of Heaven, may G-d's gentle peace
comfort your heart.
Shalom,
Chance
Life is but a stopping place, a pause in what's to be, a resting place
along the road to sweet Eternity.
We all have different journeys, different paths along the way, we all are
meant to learn some things, but NEVER meant to stay...
Our destination is a place far greater than we know.
For some, the journey's quicker, for some, the journey's slow.
And when the journey finally ends, we'll claim a great reward and find an
everlasting peace, together with the Lord.
Author unknown
Re. Pastor Riley and Donna Danna
I feel so bad for both of your hardships. I will be praying for you.
The irony is both of you dear people are so strong yet I am sure this deep
trial has made you weak.
Praying for you to have Godly strength in the middle of your grief and
physical weakness!
Love in Christ,
Bob D.
Dear Donna Danna,
So sorry to hear about the loss of your dear husband Lee.
May The Holy Spirit comfort you in your hour of need.
Rest safely in the knowledge that our marvellous Saviour Jesus Christ has
overcome all things.
Peace to you and all your loved ones,
Phil.
10/16/08
Dear Donna,
My heart goes out to you and your daughter in this time of so much
pain. I'll keep you both in my prayers and ask Jesus to give you all the
strength and comfort you will certainly need during this time of adjustment.
God bless you
both.
Your sister in
Christ,
Ira
My sincere sympathy to you and your family.
I will keep all of you in my heart and my prayers. May God's Holy
Spirit be your constant Comforter. One day soon we will finally all be
together with those we love and have lost, and will know no loss anymore!
Praise God!
Kay
Even though
I don't know you personally, I, as others, feel like we do!
After all, we are a part of the 5Doves, family!! And that is a very
close knit family of believers, who have one main thing in common!!
And........that is the love of Jesus!!! Yes........most of us
can't wait to see our LORD face, to face, but while we're here, we are
known by our love for one another. This forum is unlike any other
out there.......It is unique, for we have such a common bond of love,
and an unique remnant of those desiring truth!!!
So yes, even
though I don't know you on this side I send my condolences to you and
yours, and am maybe just a little envious of Lee!!! It is so wonderful
to know we will all be together soon, having eternity to get to know one
another!!!
God bless
you at this time of loss and grief, and may He make His face to shine on
you, and yours, and give you peace!!! Amen!!!
Karen Leonard
Hi Donna
I follow the articles on the website with much interest and would like to
express my condolences for your loss. May the Lord strengthen you in the
days ahead and may it not be long before you are re-united in His presence.
Shalom
Dawn Piper
10/17/08
Dear Donna,
Thank you for sharing about your family and saying good-bye to your husband.
Yet, it seems for a short while and we will all be together once again.
I am glad of the relationship you all shared together.
I pray the comfort of God to keep until we hear the SHOUT with the voice of
an Archangel
and Trump of God. Until then continue on in the strength of the Lord and His
joy.
In the love of Christ,
Patty Hayes
You and I both know there arn't any words.
You see I know because my husband left (died) six years ago now.
Leaving me with 1yr 3yr 5yr old children. The Holy One of Israel now
has another new wife, Isaiah 54. See I know you are now stronger, stronger
than you have ever been. I consider my husband to be at BIBLE COLLEGE. The
ultimate bible college. Lucky him!!
I am standing on the seashore.
The boat lifts her anchor, spreads her sails to the breeze,
and starts out to sea.
She seemed beautiful and strong in the harbour,
but now looks frail and vulnerable in the vastness of the ocean.
I watch her journey until she is no longer visible to the naked eye.
I think, "She's gone!"
But gone where?
Gone from view, thats all.
I realise that somewhere other eyes
are watching her arrival ,
and other voices saying,
"She's coming!"
Fill your time with God. He will step into the gap!
Michelle-Anne
I am so sorry for the loss of your
husband’s physical presence in your life. I do not pretend to
understand the Lord’s choices but I know the power of His presence.
My prayer for you and your daughter is that you have a deep sense of His
presence in these final days as we await His call to take us all home in the
Rapture. You will be in my prayers frequently until we meet in the
air.
Judy Morford
10/27/08
Donna, I am so sorry for your loss. I read
what you posted after the funeral and it was one of the most beautiful
things I've ever read. I wept, reading it. You are so strong and the Lord
loves you very much.
Rhonda Love
10/28/08
I
pray the Good Shepherd to descend upon your bosom the ointments of His
sweetest consolations and grace as you presently mourn the passing of your
beloved husband ... And I pray
He hastens the day when upon a flaming Chariot and a glorified body, He
transports you to realms of beauty celestial and unending days wherein you
shall forever behold the face of
thy mostly beloved Lord and Savior and also to enjoy the eternal company of
thy beloved husband .... Be of good cheer 2day and always ..... Jesus cares
4 you ...
Yours in Christ
Cliff [Hughes]
10/29/08
I
have been praying such peace for you. I am a little jealous, too.
As the long-abused partner in a brutal marriage, I envy people who talk
about their soul mate, someone who is the other half to make their
"whole". I imagine your husband as a living example (warts
and all) of the purified relationship Jesus wants with His bride....if it
wasn't meant to be for me down here, He will heal my wounds and wipe away my
tears when He holds me near to His heart. But, you had an earthly
love, and from what I can figure out, you may be destined to have one of the
SHORTEST grieving periods in human history!!! May the Lord wipe away
all your tears until you and your husband can stand together before Him, and
He will say "...well done, my good and faithful servants! Enter
into my rest!"
We're
about to be reunited!! No more grief! No more tears!
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!!
Tracy
Dee