Elisabeth Kubler-Ross has become...
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross has become famous through her dedicated work to help the terminally ill face death, rather than trying to deny it or avoid the subject. “Don't try to humor the terminally ill,” she told a packed auditorium in Kent, Ohio, several years ago.
She said, many times in our faltering attempts to assist people we only add to their already heavy burdens. Don't look out the hospital window and tell them it's a nice view that they have, or they're going to feel better when the warm weather returns. They hate the view from the window, because it's the last place they want to be; and they know, perfectly well, the weather is not going to heal them.
She said it is much more honest and helpful to them if one would say to the patient: “It's pretty tough, isn't it”; or, “I know you have a terrific amount of pain.” There is a need to help a person die, when we know and the patient knows death is a reality that will take place in the near future.
David shows he is reconciled to the fact of his own approaching death. We have in this passage his last spoken words; they express he is living in the spirit of the Lord. He also professes the tremendous strength he feels in this eternal covenant. Within, he has a deep trust that God will be faithful to his promises. David is facing death honestly and courageously.
She said, many times in our faltering attempts to assist people we only add to their already heavy burdens. Don't look out the hospital window and tell them it's a nice view that they have, or they're going to feel better when the warm weather returns. They hate the view from the window, because it's the last place they want to be; and they know, perfectly well, the weather is not going to heal them.
She said it is much more honest and helpful to them if one would say to the patient: “It's pretty tough, isn't it”; or, “I know you have a terrific amount of pain.” There is a need to help a person die, when we know and the patient knows death is a reality that will take place in the near future.
David shows he is reconciled to the fact of his own approaching death. We have in this passage his last spoken words; they express he is living in the spirit of the Lord. He also professes the tremendous strength he feels in this eternal covenant. Within, he has a deep trust that God will be faithful to his promises. David is facing death honestly and courageously.
