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Be Not Afraid Readinessshaken, and there were many tears. We all felt thepresence of eternity in our midst.Xaverie arrived on a gurney, with an IV-line andoxygen, and as she entered the room, she wavedcheerfully and tried to sit up. In a photo that capturedthis moment, you can see the anguish on John’s face.But hers is shining with expectancy and joy. As I laidmy hands on her, she looked at me trustingly and said,“With God, everything is possible!” But while she wascertain that she could be healed if that was God’s plan,she was also completely ready to die.The next morning my wife and I visited her againand said, “Xaverie, we trust in God’s will for you. Areyou ready for eternity?” She assured me that nothingburdened her conscience, and that she was at peace: “Iwill accept God’s will, whatever it is. I am ready.” In theevening of the same day she died.It is nothing less than a grace when a terminally illperson is able to set things right and find peace withGod – when there is time to beg forgiveness andto forgive, to overcome estrangement and heal oldwounds. But time is not granted to everyone.Rick, an accomplished carpenter, had always sufferedfrom asthma, and there were times when it was sosevere that his doctor feared for his life. Nevertheless,1