Christina M. Meide
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Do We Know When Our Time Is Near? is a compilation of 106 true stories gathered from the observations of ordinary people all around the world. These stories offer the possibility that we know when we are going to die. Some of the stories are very subtle, leaving the possibility that there could be another answer, while others are so convincing that it is impossible to negate the facts. The entire book swings you from one possible extreme to another throughout. It allows you to determine for yourself if it is indeed possible that we have some type of warning, somehow, that our time is soon to come. The stories are comprised of dreams, premonitions, visions, actions, and words that will leave you with a great deal to consider after reading these true accounts of loved ones who have passed, but who appeared to have ample time to prepare themselves and others for the inevitable. There is even a small four story section dedicated to pets who have shown their owners in certain ways that they also knew they were going to die, or sensed that someone else’s time was near.
This book was compiled by Christina M. Meide. After her father’s unexpected death, Christina played over and over in her head the changes that had occurred in her father before his death. She began to believe that somehow her father had been forewarned of his upcoming death, and took the time to make amends with those he loved. Christina began to wonder if others had experienced anything similar. In January of 2002, seventeen years past the death of her father, Christina began searching for stories similar to the story of her father -- seeking to determine if it was indeed possible that people somehow knew that their time on Earth was soon going to end.
A childhood friend of mine, a neighbor a few houses over, had lived with her brother and her parents. Her Mother passed away a couple of years before and her Dad had heart problems.
One night, she couldn’t sleep so she went into the living room and sat on the couch. Her Father, apparently unable to sleep as well, joined her on the couch. Suddenly, he became extremely ill and passed away right in her arms.
It was my friend’s job to pick out clothes for him for the wake, but when she went into his room to look for clothes, there were no clothes there. She looked in the basement, and in a corner, she found boxes of neatly folded clothes and personal belongings. Her Father had to have known he was going to die in a very short period of time. My friend shared this story with me a few weeks later. Amazing, isn’t it? I think we do know when God is going to call for us.
Mary Jane Buehner
Eastlake, Ohio
Death at a Funeral
My husband’s cousin was in his mid-thirties when he died of a heart attack while white baiting down the coast. Being of Maori descent, they have their own type of funerals called ‘tangi’ where all the family gather and grieve together, as well as remember good times. Usually the body is with the family for a couple of days lying in state until the day of the funeral. The elders of the family normally say the prayers and speeches, then the service is conducted at the maere, or meeting house.
Anyway, the step-father of the young fellow that had died was very fluent in the language so the responsibility for conducting the speeches and prayers was given to him. However, for several days before the funeral, he kept telling anyone that would listen how things should be done in a certain way for the service and in what order all should be done. Everyone kept asking him why he was telling them when he was the one doing the service.
"I won’t be here," was his reply.
They all thought he was daft. The day of the funeral, the man arose early - about six a.m. - and died of a heart attack in the shower. The people who were to attend the stepson’s funeral couldn’t believe it as they had ignored his warnings.
I believe that he knew his time was near, but didn’t know how he was to go.
Donna Robb
Nelson, New Zealand
