Do you think that people know when their time is coming?

Question

I am a nurse and recently had a patient who kept telling people that she had only 30 days to live. We had no idea what she was talking about, and her doctor didn't either. She was ill, of course or she wouldn't have been in the hospital. She was not, however, deathly ill. On the 23rd day of her swearing that she was dying she called her husband and asked him to come to see her. He said that he would be in in the morning and she told him that it would be too late. She died in the middle of the night, that night. Her labs, x-rays and ct scans gave us no great concern, and yet she seemed to know. This is a true story and I am wondering if any of you think that it is possible that maybe people just know when their time is coming to an end?

Answer 1

I truly do believe people know, when I was a little girl my Mom was very sick she had cancer. On the night she passed she called me into her room and asked me to cover her feet (something she never wanted done), I did so and she hugged me so tight I'll never forget it she pulled me close and told me that no matter what happens in life to promise her that I would always let my little light shine. I promise, about an hour later I saw my Dad running from his bedroom, I grabbed the chordless headed into their room. My Mom was foaming at the mouth, I tried CPR but it was too late, her corotid artery had exploded. I had a very hard time dealing with her death, I was only eleven and watched every minute of it even them difibulating her it was terrible. As I entered into high school I came to terms with it and realized that as awful as the event had been it was truly beautiful because she gave me her last goodbye. She knew she was leaving this world but she wanted me to know she wasn't leaving me so I have continued to allow my light to shine. God Bless!

Answer 2

I am a nurse too. Some people decide to die and then they do. Most people do not know their end is near unless they have been very ill for a long time.

Answer 3

Yes I believe some people receive a sign or signal that their time is close. Always make sure your "house" is in order, for sometimes you wont know.


Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Set your house in order." (II Kings 20:1) The king was being told that he was about to die, and although he successfully convinced God to extend his life, the point remains, there were matters that had to be taken care of in view of the inevitable. And this applies to us as well.

Answer 4

No. Not usually. I knew someone who I saw two hours before she died in a car accident. She had no inkling at all what was about to happen. And, usually the people who think they will probably die young, often live long lives. And, the ones who think they will live long lives, often die young.

Answer 5

I think some might, as you just described. But most people don't have any idea when they get up in the morning it will be there last day on earth. People killed in car wrecks, those who perished on 9/11, etc. But yes, I think sometimes it does happen, obviously.

Answer 6

I was a nurse in a nursing home for many years.I saw this happen many times.Most times,they were right.If someone told me they thought they were going to die that night,I always called their family to come in.I can only remember one time it didn't happen as they thought.

Answer 7

I think some people know when their time is coming. Those people have been blessed. God has pitied them and given them time to get their affairs in order. I believe they have been chosen by the Lord to be with Him forever because of the way they lived their lives..unselfishly, kindly, LOVINGLY.