LIBERTY
--By Maria 9/94
Liberty [Libby] was one of our first Eastern European disciples, who faithfully served the Lord with the Family for the past 20 years. Libby was born & raised in Yugoslavia, & at the age of 12 moved to Holland. At the age of 20 she dedicated her life to Jesus. She always expressed a deep love & concern to reach the people of Eastern Europe & Yugoslavia with the Gospel. She worked in Yugoslavia & other parts of Eastern Europe, as well as parts of the former Soviet Union.
On September 7, the Lord took her Home to be with Him. Libby had fallen ill with a prolonged migraine headache, accompanied by some periods of incoherence & personality changes.
The problem was later diagnosed as a brain haemorrhage, although the test results had not arrived by the time she died. We know she is now delivered from all her suffering, & has gone on to a glorious reward for her faithfulness to Jesus.
Her "light affliction which was but for a moment" is forgotten & erased by the most beautiful experience imaginable, as she has inherited a "far more exceeding & eternal weight of glory."--2Cor.4:17.From Willing:
I was quite touched by the beautiful prophecies the Lord gave for Liberty. The ones about Florence Nightingale & Liberty’s ministry as a nurse & comforter were especially striking & meaningful.
Some years ago when Liberty & I were shepherding the EE Work & first started making trips into Russia, we had quite a remarkable spiritual experience, that seems especially significant at this time.
One afternoon we had just finished a beautiful lovemaking session & Liberty stood up & stepped out of bed. As I was looking at her, it was as if Liberty was transformed or became someone else, or as if someone actually entered into her body. I was looking at her more from behind & slightly to the side, as she stepped out of bed, suddenly I was viewing the backside of a lovely woman in one of these beautiful old-fashioned dresses, with a bit of a bustle on the back, & I suddenly received the words "Florence Nightingale!" I was awed, & when Liberty returned, I shared what had just happened. Liberty’s eyes filled with tears as she said she’d never told anyone, but that she’d always felt that Florence Nightingale was her was her spirit helper & was somehow helping her in the Spirit World!
This personal experience was something we both have always cherished as very special & dear, & it’s quite beautiful to see how the Lord now confirmed & revealed its deeper meaning & significance.
Libby & I both loved each other very much, & I feel as if I’ve lost someone who was very close & very dear to me. Nevertheless, I feel the Lord’s used it all to bring me closer to Him. The workings of the Spirit World are suddenly much closer & I feel a deeper closeness to Liberty than before.
Even though we’ve been apart for some time now, I thought it was so sweet that the Lord recently let us have some time together. When I phoned her that I was coming during our last trip, she said she had recently been reading "Intramuros" (see Christian Digest 14.) & had been thinking so much about Heaven. She kept telling me she loved me & was really looking forward to being together in Heaven. When we were together, she told me several times that she had recently dreamed about us being together in Heaven & she couldn’t get it out of her mind & said she was really looking forward to that. She had never said anything like that before. It seems the Lord was sweetly preparing her for her flight & place There. Praise the Lord!
The following is a poem Ellie YA gave Bruni & I. She said she had never gotten anything like this before, & didn’t feel it was her writing it, but Liberty somehow speaking through her:
Wind Beneath Wings!
Hush, ‘tis the angelic whisper
Beckoning, guiding to worlds unknown.
Such peace & serenity encompassing
As their hands reach out to my own;
Feeling of warmth, of love
Replacing all past sorrow & pain,
Through the gilt-covered clouds
An eternal rainbow, as after rain.
Invigorating my soul for eternity,
Strength to my former earthly frame,
Beauties beyond my fondest dream
Seraphim rejoice, calling my name.
Never such a joyous day I’d known,
Then at last to be joined with my Savior;
But as I approach His throne of love
I have one request to ask of His favour:
That He may send angels of comfort
To you, my loved ones below.
For I would that thou couldest joy,
Even as I leave, & that you might know,
How near I am to this heart of thine.
Oh, how I wish you could hear me say,
That as you progress on life’s road
Know this, thou art but a prayer away.
Then one day, at last we’ll unite forever
In the splendour of His wondrous love,
Where there will no more sorrow be
In the eternal world awaiting Above.
But ‘til then I pray, being ever near,
Be the wind that blows ‘neath my wings
As I soar the heavenly angelic sky
Awaiting you in the arms of our King.
