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Happy Saturday!
Prayer: Holy Comforter, today I have shed some tears
of grief over those who are so dear to me who are invested in heaven. I give
thanks that You were here to receive my tears. Thank You for Your tender
mercies, comfort and ever present hope. Your unfailing love is always present
and for that I am so very grateful. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.
“Through the LORD’s mercies we are not
consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great
is Your faithfulness. ‘The LORD is my portion, says my soul, ‘therefore I hope
in Him!’”
Lamentations 3: 22-24
My life will forever
be marked following the loss of our son, Casey. It is at times hard to remember
life before that time. While Casey was sick, the gift we received during that
last year was the opportunity to spend each day of his last year with him.
Nearly every Saturday whether he was at home or in the hospital, he and I ate
breakfast together. For some reason today I thought about those Saturdays and
how I treasured them. So today for some reason I missed Casey and poured my
heart and my tears out to God.
God shows compassion
in our grief. When times of grief and despair come we need not try to escape
them. Grief is a season we must all experience and somehow or other by God’s
good grace He uses our grief for our good.
Sometimes we might feel that grief and sorrow will be with us forever,
but remember in the beautiful passage from Lamentations; the writer is going
through a really rough time, but has such assurance in God and knows God so well
that he realizes that God’s compassions fail not and there is no limit to the
greatness of God’s unfailing love and faithfulness.
My friends, when
sorrow begins to overwhelm, when you feel the darkness closing in around you, look
for God’s tender mercies in His Presence. God’s unfailing love and tender
mercies are the light in the darkness we see as it shines down on us providing
the compassions that are new every morning.
Take joy in the
journey remembering that hope does not disappoint! Wear comfortable shoes, pray
with a heart filled with gratitude and get some sleep. Love you all, Bruce,
Gaylene, Geni, Travis and Sarah.
I am not moved by
what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am only moved by what I believe
and I believe God.
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