Grieving friend:
Of course the enemy of our souls wants for you to lose the day in renewed grief. Your emotions will flare up in extraordinarly depressing ways on this day of memory. Your thoughts may be flooded with regret. Unlike any other day the gaping hole in your heart feels as it it will burst today. And yet while you’re sadness returns like an unwanted friend, greet him and say “The Lord is my strength.” One day we will be reunited with those we love in an ever present joy. Today we wait and yearn and cry. The Lord is our strength and you’re not forgotten this or any other day.
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And now, brothers and sisters, I want you to know what will happen to the Christians who have died so you will not be full of sorrow like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus comes, God will bring back with Jesus all the Christians who have died. 1 Thess 4:13-14 (NLT)
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Your Friend,
Ed
Thank you Pastor! Today is one of those days. Our God is Good, He is my strength!
I try grieving the fact that my husband left. Disappeared just before Thanksgiving. It’s feels like I’m grieving a death yet I know he is not. Just chose sin (drugs) over our God and family. He has been spotted and just does not/can not come home. It’s a strange way/thing to grieve. I’m not even sure how. Learning to hurt in Christ is a hard lesson. One I wish we could skip. Yet I know His faithfulness is all I have.
Ruth I am truly sorry for the pain you are going through. Continue to hold tight on to Jesus. I will pray for you
In his name
Senia
Amen, praying for God’s will in my family, bless my husband and allow him to be the man God wants him to be, bless me with a forgiving heart in Jesus mighty name, maybe a small house too
I am grieving and planning my mother’s funeral today. She was a God loving woman who found herself with seven children (my father deserted) but mother was faithful and always ever present in the home. She kept the home intact- God was faithful and kept us save and we know she loved us- she gave us all of herself-in the prime of life-she gave all to keep home, our home. She lived 93 years enjoying grandchildren and great grandchildren- I never had a dad but I had a real mom, a caring mother, a saint, I was raised by a true believer.
Paul I’m praying for you on this difficult day.
Thank you so much Pastor Ed. I lost my twin brother in 2014; he was only 29 and a father of three. I am still grieving. He was living in London, England and I did not make it while he was in the hospital. It was sudden. I was in my church in New Years Eve and when count down started I couldn’t help myself but cry. With the holidays I am back into feeling this deep sorrow that I can’t explain to anyone. I know God is good and has a purpose in my brothers and my life. But I can’t help how much I miss him and still having hard time accepting my twin bother, my friend is not here anymore.