My father’s name was David, but you all may have known him as @stonenchizel
On Friday night, around 10pm, my father passed away peacefully in his sleep after fighting an infection for about a month. His health hasn’t been where it should have for some years now and most days he was struggling with pain. He’s not in that pain anymore.
I’m making this post because this community brought him great comfort. The ability to speak with likeminded individuals about things that were important to him gave him back some of the autonomy that his sickness had stripped from him in the later years of his life. So I wanted to thank you. Thank you all for being a community that he was able to identify with, that was willing to welcome him. He would often bring this community up when I would visit, speaking of how amazing it is.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You may not have realized it, but you gave the bleak days meaning for him.
And with this, we send him off. May he Rest In Peace and walk with the Lord. May heaven find him free of pain and reunited with those he loved that he lost over the years.
On behalf of my father,
@Stonenchizel signing off one last time.
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amenanon ago
Child of Stonenchizel, know that he is alive in Jesus, just as you probably are. Therefore you are both alive together and perhaps you can no longer see him, or touch him since he left the garments of flesh, but he is still there right beside you, only without all that pain. Heaven is closer than we have been taught. And love? Well, that just keeps right on getting stronger as time passes.
A little secret, I will share. Stonenchizel was a teacher to me. I studied what he posted, when he posted and how often he posted, hoping to learn the ropes of Voat a little better. He bettered me, for what that's worth, as he did for all in this community. His submission history should win a world record. I will miss reading these posts and I am so happy to learn that this community comforted him through the pain. He was loved much by many.