Evening, May 11 - Charles Haddon Spurgeon “Only be thou strong and very courageous.” Joshua 1:7 Our God’s tender love for his servants makes him concerned for the state of their inward feelings. He desires them to be of good courage. Some esteem it a small thing for a believer to be vexed with doubts and …
It’s not that sorrow wears off, or grieving gets easier. It’s just that you come to an awareness that sorrow is not getting you anywhere. Slowly, you realize your tears will not bring your child back. The churning rawness begins to level off, not because the pain is less, but because you become too worn …
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She is operating under the power of the Holy Ghost. Her ship is powered by Someone Else's fuel.
Reality demands that I accept the facts as they are. It is a matter of discipline to remember those facts, believe them, and live them with love, purpose, and praise for my Father in Heaven who loves me and in whose presence Hans now is.
Unlike people, time can be depended on. Nothing can stop it. Time passes. Time is temporary. Time is an earth-space, creation-bound phenomenon. It is stretched out and slowed for man’s benefit, so that all may come to repentance. Time loses in the end because at the close of every day I am one day closer …
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Unbelievers, new believers, and the angels themselves need to see us worship God during the tough times, not as a testimony of our "strength", but as a testimony of God’s goodness and majesty.
If you're also tempted to look back with longing at past comforts and circumstances, let's remind ourselves that it's not from wisdom that we do so. If God has made both the day of prosperity and the day of adversity, there must be a loving purpose for each that we don't want to miss by …
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How do you survive the death of a child? Initially, the pain of child loss is so severe, that it is easy to wonder if it is survivable. Many women say they know, if it happened to them, they could not survive it. I want to tell them: Yes, you can. If I can, you …
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"This heavy sorrow is what I feel. It is not a reflection of what I, as a Christian, believe. I know where our son is and I believe what God has told me about our eternal home. Why then do I sorrow? It is because each crashing wave of grief is my flesh crying out …
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I trust the Captain. Because I know Him. And He knows me. This is peace.
Reality demands that I accept the facts as they are. It is a matter of discipline to remember those facts, believe them, and live them with love, purpose, and praise for my Father in Heaven who loves me and in whose presence Hans now is.
NOTE: The following was written some time ago on a rather difficult day. I needed to get this out of my heart and onto paper. I wasn't going to publish it. But maybe it will help someone. It's pretty raw, but here it is... In this post: Why I Do Not Want to Move On. …
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Death is not the enemy, for it has been conquered by the Lord Jesus Christ. He rose the third day, defeating death forever. Death cannot keep me from Hans. No, death will reunite me with him. And distance is not the real enemy, either. Hans’ body, though inanimate, is here with us at home, buried …
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Of the many beautiful flowers that were given for Hans’ memorial service, only one is still alive and thriving in our home, an orchid, with its one big showy cluster of purple flowers at the end of a long vine-like stem. After we brought it home from the service, wrapped in plastic to protect it …
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In This Post: Heavy sorrow is a normal response to the death of a loved oneGrieving is hard, healthy, exhausting work that can become counterproductive if indulged in too deeply for too long.Yes, it gets better.Together in the Lord Heavy sorrow is a normal response to the death of a loved one In the early …
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