{"id":344532,"date":"2024-11-08T17:30:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T22:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=344532"},"modified":"2024-11-21T16:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:27:07","slug":"my-daughter-passed-away-in-my-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/my-daughter-passed-away-in-my-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAfter Losing My Daughter, I Just Wanted to Take My Life\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">My daughter passed away, and I was just searching and wondering and trying to figure out, you know, how to go on after losing a child that passed away in my arms. I was just trying to figure out what happened. I was just lost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">She wasn\u2019t feeling well, and she called the paramedics herself. I went to the hospital. She couldn\u2019t breathe. I said, \u201cBritney, are you okay?\u201d She said, \u201cYes, mama.\u201d \u201cAre you sure?\u201d She said, \u201cYes, but I\u2019m having a hard time breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It was like 12 o\u2019clock in the afternoon, so I stayed with her all day. I said, \u201cYou are going to be okay?\u201d She said, \u201cOkay.\u201d And then, all of a sudden, she looked at me and said, \u201cMommy! What\u2019s happening?\u201d And all of a sudden, she just collapsed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">And I said, \u201cLord, let Britney stay here and take me because she\u2019s young. I already lived my life. I\u2019ll go. Just let Britney stay here, and just let me go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">I came to a point where I wanted to take my own life. But I said, \u201cNo, if I take my life now, I have two other daughters. What are they going to do?\u201d But I was at that point of, \u201cI\u2019ll just take my own life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">I checked myself into a facility. I said, \u201cYou know, I need some help! I got to go get some help.\u201d So I went and checked my own self in. I knew something wasn\u2019t right with me. I think I stayed about 30 days in a treatment facility for depression and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">I had insomnia. I couldn\u2019t eat, and I was depressed. I was sad, but I would always put on a happy face, \u201cOh, everything is great!\u201d But deep down inside, I was so sad and broken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/covid\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pandemic<\/a>, they said, \u201cClose everything up.\u201d I fell into that. They said, \u201cNo churches are open.\u201d But I noticed The Universal Church was open.<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>* <\/strong><\/span>I said, \u201cSomething is going on in that church. I got to find out.\u201d But then I thought, \u201cThey are supposed to be closed.\u201d Little did I know that I needed to be in the church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">I said, \u201cI\u2019m going in to find out what\u2019s going on.\u201d When I came in, I was received. I wasn\u2019t pushed away. They just listened to whatever I was talking about. They just listened. I started feeling that peace that I needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As I kept doing my <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/chain-of-prayer-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chain of Prayer<\/a> <\/span>and hearing people\u2019s testimonies as to where they were and how the Holy Spirit helped them. I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019ll start doing that too. I must see what the Holy Spirit is about.\u201d As a leap of faith, I surrendered all my life to God on the Altar\u2014I committed to putting Him first, doing His will, and seeking the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">I was listening to everybody else\u2019s testimonies and could see how God was changing other people. I said, \u201cIf it changed for them, I know it will happen for me.\u201d I just learned how to trust God. Everything just started lifting. It was as if scales were falling off. All the stuff that was hindering me just started falling off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">If you need any type of help, come to<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Universal Church<\/a> <\/span>to find out. Talk to people. Talk to somebody. Don\u2019t try to go through it alone. I believe that you will be helped here like I was.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Linda<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">*<\/span><\/strong>Disclaimer:<\/span> During the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns, The Universal Church had online and phone conference prayer services instead of large physical gatherings. However, while complying with state and local laws and restrictions, the doors of the church remained open for individual counseling and prayer, respecting mask mandates, temperature screenings, distancing rules, and proper disinfecting of spaces.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; My daughter passed away, and I was just searching and wondering and trying to figure out, you know, how to go on after losing a child that passed away in my arms. I was just trying to figure out what happened. I was just lost. 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