You were Created to be Creative

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Ep 42 You were Created to be Creative

In June 2020 my mom was diagnosed with brain cancer and given 1-2 months to live. I stopped everything and went home to be with her as she transitioned to the afterlife. Myself, my brothers, and my aunt all took on the daunting role of being caretakers for my mom so that she could pass in the comfort of her own home.

One of the last things she said to me was, "The river flows through." It was 3:30am and it was my turn to spend the night with my mom. She was depreciating fast at this point. She couldn't get out of bed, couldn't use her hand to eat, and could barely talk. That night she told me she was scared. She told me she could see the devil. I don't know if it was true or it was the morphine and lorazapan talking but either way I knew I needed to comfort my mom so I asked her if she could see Jesus. My mom has always been a huge believer and I knew he would be a source of peace for her. She told me she could see him (by using weak yes or nos) and I asked her if she could hug him. She paused for a long moment and then with strength and power, more power than I had seen her use for weeks, she said, "the river flows through."

I assumed she was referring the Jesus and I thought it was such a powerful moment. I searched on Google to see what verse she was referring to but I couldn't find anything. 

Weeks later I was reading the bible. I usually try to read a chapter a day - slow and steady is the way to go. I came to John Chapter 7 and it spoke about being thirsty and coming to Jesus and he will give you a river that flows through and that river is the holy spirit. I instantly thought of my mom.

A couple hours later I was reading another book, The Artist Way, that talked about a river flowing though. It said that God is our creator and he is within us and created us to be creative.

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