"“I do not worry about the work I have done. I have done the best I could. I do not think that I shall be lingering long. I do not expect much suffering. I am thankful that we have the comforts of life in time of sickness. Do not worry. I go only a little before the others.” LS 445.1"
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:"
Both passages reflect a sense of completion and acceptance at the end of life. EGW's statement "I have done the best I could" and "I go only a little before the others" aligns with Paul's declaration of finishing his course.
"For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:"
Both passages express a desire to depart this life. EGW's statement "I do not think that I shall be lingering long" and "I go only a little before the others" aligns with Paul's desire to depart and be with Christ.
"Close beside her chair, on a table, were kept several of the books she had written. These she would often handle and look over, seeming to delight in having them near. Like an affectionate mother with her children, so was she with these books during her last sickness. Several times, when visited, she was found holding two or three of them in her lap. “I appreciate these books as I never did before,” she at one time remarked. “They are truth, and they are righteousness, and they are an everlasting testimony that God is true.” She rejoiced in the thought that when she could no longer speak to the people, her books would speak for her. LS 445.3"
"Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever."
EGW's statement that her books are "truth, and they are righteousness, and they are an everlasting testimony that God is true" parallels the sentiment in Psalm 119:160 that God's word is true and endures forever.