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‘My son is terminally ill. He was diagnosed with myeloma, a type of blood cancer, just after his 55th birthday. He had pains all over his body and kept going to the doctor, but because he was a lorry driver and before that a stunt man, they put it down to his lifestyle. 

‘Eventually I went with him. The next day they said that there was something wrong. It was terminal. We were really upset. 

‘He has been very poorly. He got progressively worse and then got pneumonia and flu in hospital, and his kidneys failed. It was awful. On Christmas Eve the vicar and I went to pray with him. On Christmas Day at 5 pm he started to breathe on his own. We believe it was a miracle. Everybody does. They call him a miracle man. He got a bit better and now he’s at home and I’m his full-time carer. 

‘The verse that is helping me is Philippians 2.1, “Your life in Christ makes you strong, and his love comforts you. You have fellowship with the Spirit and you have kindness and compassion for one another.”

‘This verse has given me the strength that I need. When I have been with my son, sometimes I think that maybe it would have been better if he’d gone at Christmas. It’s so hard to see him suffering. 

‘This verse helps me and it helps him because I know I have to be strong. I have the wonderful knowledge that when he goes he will be with the Lord. He knows that as well. He wonders whether he will be there before me or not.’

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