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Prayer to Finally Say Goodbye to the Long Goodbye – July 21, 2018

July 22, 2018 by Jack Emmott 3 Comments

Dear God – Today, I pray that You guide and inspire the medical research community to find the cure for Alzheimer’s. As with the polio vaccines which eradicated the disease which inflicted me as a young boy, may we one day finally say, “Goodbye to the Long Goodbye.”

This horrific disease takes so many lives from those we love including Margaret Storm Schorre, fondly known as “Miggie”.  She was my sister in Christ and was married to Charles, the extraordinary Texas artist who created the work, Bending Angel.

Miggie was not Charles the artist.  Yet, she was the best part of his work.  She was not the palate of colors with which he painted his works.  She was the inspiration which gave his work purpose.

Prayer was the best part of Miggie’s day.  Prayer, like Charles’ love of art, was something every family member should participate in as part of his or her ministry to others.

Despite Miggie’s unbounded faith and service to You, she fell ill with Alzheimer’s. Ultimately, due to Alzheimer’s, Miggie’s memory, mind and body were reduced to a dependent child-like state. As there was less and less of Miggie each day due to Alzheimer’s, her daughters, Martha, Alice Ann, and Robin, made sure there was more and more of You. The darker the days became, the more Your love and light shined on Miggie in their care of her.

God, in faith I believe Your love will surely heal our broken wings, like Miggie’s, as we one day enter the gates of Your heavenly kingdom. Yet, I pray that all Your children on Earth may one day soon live out Your purpose and do their callings in Your name without losing their minds and bodies in the Long Goodbye.  Amen

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Jack H. Emmott is a Senior Counsel of Gray, Reed & McGraw, LLP, a 120-lawyer full service firm in Houston, Texas, a Board-Certified Family Law and Master Credentialed Collaborative Law Professional Divorce Attorney, Mediator, Author, Entrepreneur and Inspirational Speaker.  For more information about Jack or his latest book, Bending Angels: Living Messengers of God’s Love, go to the Bending Angel website.

Filed Under: Weekly Prayers Tagged With: Alzheimer’s, Bending Angel, Jack Emmott, Margaret Storm Schorre, prayer to find a cure for Alzheimer's, The Long Goodbye

Prayer in Thanksgiving for a Little Blond Angel, a Wedding and Redemption – February 23, 2018

February 24, 2018 by Jack Emmott 1 Comment

Heavenly Father – In a dream just before sunrise on Friday, February 16, a beautiful blond girl in a white dress of linen and lace visited me in my sleep.  I thought it was just a dream. But, as I was dressing for work the telephone rang. The call was from my cousin, Margaret. I learned that her mother, my Aunt Midge, Margaret Hiebeler, had died 10 minutes earlier. I knew then that You, my Savior, had sent the girl in Easter white to send me a message of redemption that Aunt Midge had made her way back Home to You.

Last Tuesday, I shared the message I received from You at Aunt Midge’s services at First Presbyterian Church in Bryan, Texas. Later that afternoon at Forest Park Westheimer, Reverend Foote commended her spirit to You. Her body, which You had ensouled with the Holy Spirit, was buried. In prayer we thanked You for the blessings we all had received from her life, love and unbounded service to You.

From the photograph of Aunt Midge, You can see she was a stunning brunette. Yet, as a little girl in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, she was adorned by light-filled flowing blond hair. Sadly, her earthly life was taken from her and us as a result of the Long Goodbye, the disease of Alzheimer’s.  Although her body now lies in a grave at Forest Park Cemetery, Aunt Midge’s life and love made possible many sacred memories for others including me.

During the graveside services, I recalled a special moment Aunt Midge made possible. It took place at the 2003 wedding of her granddaughter, Laura.  Aunt Midge hosted the wedding in Bryan, Texas at her home amidst the green lawn and blooming flower gardens in her back yard. The image You see in the photograph is of my daughter, Catherine, her husband, Reniel, and their infant son, Tristan, my first grandchild.  Were they not a beautiful family so full of love, hope, and happiness? Reniel had just been promoted to assistant manager at the Interstate Battery Store on Interstate 10.

Sadly, just a few weeks later, three masked gunmen exited an SUV. Brandishing weapons and evil they shot him at 9:30 pm as he stood by his car on 18th Street in the Heights in Houston. The gunmen took something far more valuable than the $2 in Reniel’s wallet and the shark tooth he wore around his neck for good luck.  They stole a father from a son and a husband from a wife.

The killers were never brought to justice.  But, that wrongdoing and Midge’s death do not dampen the precious memory of that magical wedding time together which Your love and Aunt Midge made possible.

I give thanks to You for sending me that blond-haired angel in my sleeping, for Your message she delivered, for the memory that will never be forgotten, and for the photograph that will be forever treasured.

Most importantly, I thank You for sending Your angels to lead Midge and Reniel safely Home.

Please guide Your talented servants to find a cure for Alzheimer’s and to end senseless violence.

Your love is more powerful than hate.

Your love is stronger than any bullet.

May Your Grace help Americans find a way to change our society to be more of a reflection of Your love on Earth.  Amen

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 Jack H. Emmott is a Senior Counsel of Gray, Reed & McGraw, LLP, a 120-lawyer full service firm in Houston, Texas, a Board-Certified Family Law and Master Credentialed Collaborative Law Professional Divorce Attorney, Mediator, Author, Entrepreneur and Inspirational Speaker.  For more information about Jack or his latest book, Bending Angels: Living Messengers of God’s Love, go to BendingAngel.com.

Filed Under: Weekly Prayers Tagged With: Bending Angel, Jack Emmott, Margaret Hiebeler, prayer against gun violence, prayer to find a cure for Alzheimer's

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Jack H. Emmott

I am a polio survivor. The fact that I suffered paralysis at the age of six is, in some ways, unimportant. Bad things happen to everyone. Viewed differently...

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