Having the compassion to stay alive and take care of your family

 It's harder to stay alive than it is to die the older you get. So, staying alive when it will help your family in a way is a sacrifice when you get older because you sort of have to fight to stay alive often after age 50 like I have had to. Luckily, I have a great wife who is a good medical advocate for me or else I would have died around age 50. But, God has seen fit to keep me alive and now I'm 73 which is good for my kids and my wife and my friends.

Recently, I realized that there is a side of me that doesn't like fighting to still be alive but when my pacemaker was installed last June I went from dying to living on maybe to 90 or 100 or more. There are many ways to look at this of course but I realized this week I did have a little resentment for my wife keeping me alive by talking me to get a new pacemaker installed last June. And now we also have 2 Pfizer shots as well. So, we are fine. But, having the compassion for others so that you stay alive for God and them is often important in many different ways.

For example, my biological kids are between the ages of 25 and 46 years of age. However, I was realizing today that the best time likely to lose a parent would be when you are between 50 and 60 years old.

When I lost my father and I was 37 it really messed me up for about 13 years time until I almost died myself including causing me to get divorced. Now, it's true that I had a deja vu in the 1980s that showed me I would be married a third time which was very upsetting at the time. But, if you hav had as many Deja vus as I have had they usually do come true for some reason. So, likely there was no way to stay married after this deja vu in my life.

The point is that your children would be better off if you can keep from dying until they are in their 50s up to 60 years of age which seems like the best time for them to be better able to deal with your passing.

Because when my Dad died when I was 37 I wasn't okay until I almost died myself at age 50.

However, often we don't have control of these kinds of things that much.

But, please have compassion for your families and think ahead so you can stay alive for them if you can.

By God's Grace