We are not forgotten; George Anderson's messages of hope from the other side by Joel Martin & Patricia Romanowski

Author:Joel Martin & Patricia Romanowski [Martin, Joel & Romanowski, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

6 To Know the Real Story

George was asked by a hospice care worker to visit a hospitalized person with AIDS. The patient, Peter, was forty and in the final stages of a long battle with the disease. He had seen George on television and read about him. Peter wanted to learn as much as he could about life after death and had many questions for George.

“I have to admit that I probably didn’t cover my reaction very well when I walked into his hospital room,” George recalls. “Peter was behind a screen, and when I first looked at him, I was taken a little aback. I’d never seen anyone looking so ill. Then, I have to admit, I became very angry that a person could suffer so. He knew his time was coming; you didn’t have to be a genius to figure that out. It was obvious that he was a very giving, loving, charitable soul. You could tell he was a very good person.”

After being introduced, George and Peter talked casually. George was reluctant to bring up immediately the subject of death. However, Peter took the lead, and the conversation quickly moved in that direction.

“George, please tell me what can I expect when I pass on,” he asked. “Will I be free from this suffering? I’ll admit to you that I’m a little afraid of the unknown. I believe in the hereafter, but I’m still not sure. Will somebody be there for me?”

“Someone is passed on in your family, and I assure you that certainly he or she will be there for you,” George answered without hesitation.

“You know,” Peter said, “a few times here in the hospital, I woke up in the middle of the night, and I swear I saw my late father sitting in one of the chairs here in my room. And it’s funny, because I was closer to my mother than I was to him.”

“Well, you can’t go on those grounds, because it can be whom you least expect that will come to greet you. So maybe it’s your father, knowing you could pass on at any time, and he’s waiting there on the other side for you,” George explained.

“What can I expect?”

“There might be that moment of darkness,” said George, “and then you’ll go toward the light. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be paranoid. You’re not going to hell. Go toward the light, because that’s God. Your loved ones who’ve passed on will be there waiting.”

Peter listened raptly as George continued. “Your father can come right for you in this hospital room and say, ‘I’ve come to cross you over.’ Don’t be afraid. Go with him.”

“But part of me says I’m not ready to go yet,” Peter protested sorrowfully.

“Well, do you think you have a choice?” George asked softly.

“No . . . It’s pretty obvious I don’t.”

“Remember,” George gently pointed out, “that once you pass on, the suffering is over. Everyone who has passed from AIDS has come through from the other side to tell me the pain and suffering have been immediately relieved.

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