Death of a Loved One Leaves Impact

My wife's sister recently died of a brain aneurysm. From the beginning the doctors were up front with the family as to the gravity of the condition. They couldn't give any hope for survival and the family watched her die over a period of about a week.

The very real emotional pain that my wife suffers through this is over the family relationships that could have been but were not. We were in WCG nearly 30 years and as you well know they encouraged members to look to the "church" as family rather than relatives. We couldn't acknowledge birthdays, or other important holidays, and these things estranged our relatives from ourselves. Once her dying sister slipped into unconsciousness, it was too late to make amends for the years of severance.

You can only begin to imagine the heavy sorrow at the memorial service, the pain of missing that many years of closeness that could have been and should have been. That serious error cannot be undone. It slips into Eternity and we must live with it until we come to complete healing. The abusive and misleading policies and doctrines of Worldwide Church of God has left a trail of pain, suffering and death.

By Zach (former WCG member)
July 18, 2003

Poems/Free Verse & Comfort in Music (comfort for the broken hearted; no audio)

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