1 Peter 4:14
Response: Alleluia, alleluia.
If you are insulted for the name of Christ,
blessed are you,
for the Spirit of God rests upon you.
Response: Alleluia, alleluia.
Today.
Eventually, someone will goad those who loaded their children into a trustworthy camp and suffered the ultimate loss. Where was God? And before this time comes, the people who will think of this time for the rest of their lives, will ask themselves why God let them down.
Actually, the majority of those who lost their lives during the Kerr County flood are adults. They had their time on earth and have created wonderful, loving memories. Their passing is traumatic.
And when that day comes, depending on the events of the weeks surrounding the question of the heartless, they will receive a response. Was the week goaded? Was the time gentle? Then the response will come. Seriously, this is a question from a soul looking into an internal abyss. Wanting to know if there is a reason to hope. Or hoping the question will bring another person down. Maybe the question will be put very gently, but it will be asked, eventually. And, by the time the family is asked, they will know.
Is death something you get over?
It really depends on faith. If you believe the Promise of Jesus Christ, in His Eternal Kingdom. God says the 'work' of mankind is to believe the One He has sent. He says faith is work. And work is something life requires of us every day. And we all fall, and we all wobble. We will decide daily.
I went to a Church luncheon for a Pastor's wife speaking about surviving her 19-year-old son. He had a sudden, fatal heart attack. He was at a close, longtime family friend's house during the day. She was present, by phone, for most of her son's last moments. They held the phone up; her Pastor husband was out doing pastoral weekend work, but she prayed for her son. And she fully believed, in all faith, this was going to be fine, and they would all gather at the hospital. This did not occur, and in the next few minutes, he was pronounced dead.
The woman described the funeral as the last party she would do for her son. The last thing she could do for him. And she was determined it would be correct and would have pleased him.
And she was asked if she recovered. She said it had been ten years, but she had been in the recovery portion of the process for years. She fully believes, in the Lord, they will continue all their eternal days all together. After she recovered, her two-year bitter anger at God, The Almighty, God of the Universe, for depriving her of her child.
After all, she had 100 percent faith that he was going to recover during their praying for her son as the ambulance was called.
No loss in death will be like the loss I have in my life to the loss in life you have in your life. All situations have their differences. The worst thing I heard when our beautiful daughter was born stillborn, asleep in the Lord, during Hurricane Ike, was people comforting me the first month … telling me I would never recover. Do I think of my 17-year-old infant daughter all the time? Yes, I remember Isabelle actually being born with joy on her face. Will I have tears? Yes, occasionally. But I do not feel I have been placed in a well of misery all my days on earth.
No one who passes on wants their family to say they never recovered. You were built for abundant life. In the process of healing and recovery, you will find more meaning and joy in life. This is a process in time.
Remember John 14, Jesus tells us He goes to prepare a place for us. Do not let your hearts be troubled. Then Jesus, repeating Himself for speaking to the grieved and for emphasis, He speaks with the Authority of God Himself. Jesus is speaking of knowing Heaven and having the comfort of the Holy Spirit as Help, Helper, Comfort and Comforter. Jesus, the Christ of God, is completely saying the plan of God is assurance and comfort of life after death and seeing abundant life in days of the living.
Sometimes, in passing, the living wonder what God is going to do with the soul of the one they loved. Was this one worthy? The parable of the 10 talents tells us to trust in the mercy of God. David is a saint in the Eyes of God. Hezekiah gave away the Temple door gold. The Disciples ran away. And were chosen knowing all fall in the Eyes of God. Salvation of God is a gift. So precious, this Gift of God is not earned. God is not an imp to allow true evil to be in His Kingdom, but Jesus knew exactly what is in mankind many millennia before His arrival on earth. Paul tells us there are 7 levels of Heaven. 1 Corinthians 7 tells us the one flesh aspect of marriage is the most wonderful loophole God grants in salvation. The believer saves the unsaved by being one flesh. Truly, the Gift of God is how high, how wide, how deep is His Love for all of eternity.
My grandmother Anita wore her wedding rings for 50 solid years after my grandfather passed on. Anita loved to talk about her Ray. She saw him in her dreams; she spoke so clearly of the conversations they had in her dreams. Grandmother recovered.
Anita had joy knowing, in eternity, she would be with Ray.
Grandmother's sister, Hazel, lost her only child in World War II.
She had her son William's portrait painted, and with Anita's siblings, they spoke of William often. And after Hazel had passed on, everyone wanted William's painting. Because they knew William so well, regardless of generation gaps. And the discussion continued to the next generation, who also had not met William, but knew him from what the stories said. Three different homes have passed on, and still, William's portrait was so wanted. This is not the artwork. Hazel recovered. A lot was due to the patience she was given with William discussions.
A two-year bitter anger at God, The Almighty, God of the Universe, for depriving her of her child. Isn't all anger but sorrow. The work of recovery. Sorrow for lack of faith. Sorrow for grief. Feeling angry people cannot help. Feeling angry, people avoid sad situations. Annoyed to deal with people ill-equipped to know what to do about commenting.
No one can do the work of grief recovery for you. Those around you recover at different speeds. Particularly men and women.
The truth is … in grief, we have to guide those around us to know what to say. Not today, but thank you. Oh, thank you so much. Hazel's recovery from William's passing was her ability to speak of William and not drag the events around her down. It is an acquired skill. Yes, a skill with practice.
My mother-in-law stayed with us quite a lot after my beloved father-in-law passed. In sorting out all the emotions, people leave. She was a widow twice, and she says death sorts out relationships. Those who are enduring become smaller and richer and more meaningful. Then life has the healing our loved ones would want us to have. She was a military widow at age 21. And she said no one wanted to spend time with her; her peers were in a situation they couldn't comfortably cope with. No ability. And, again, in their early 70s, when so many are still married. No one wants to confront or comfort death. There were 400 people at the funeral. 6 or 4 people to continue to call.
Life gets quieter as we sort out all the emotions and life will resume.
Are you going to recover?
Yes, like a Velveteen Rabbit. More loved for the realities of life and eternal life. Don't rush the process of being more normal in two years. Even the Prodigal Son took a lot of time. Forgive. The Lord. Jesus is so real. He says we will feel that God is an Unjust Judge. That is real love to explain this part. The God to child relationship. The wide and tender and steadfast Love of One who sees further than we could realize before.
How will we keep the Lord in front of us? At such a tragic time. This really is about Heaven.
Matthew 3: 2b, 3
The Kingdom of Heaven
is at hand.
3 For this is
He
Who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah
when he said,
“The voice of one
crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’”
Abba, Father,
100 yr old Texas Camp Mystic
and the Kerr County flood.
Today, we pray for the daylight
flooding of Ruidoso, New Mexico to
be gone.
We ask Jesus Christ for comfort.
for those who mourn.
We ask Jesus Christ for hope and life
for those who wait, healing,
We ask our Father, in the Name of Jesus,
for the blessing of those who Help.
Their experiences spreading out
to increase what Fred Rogers called,
“the helpers” to know they do the work
of God's angels.
Their Blessing
from The Lord on their family.
The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet,
in 45 minutes.
A
MIRACLE
Please, Jesus Christ.
Let us continue to Pray
with all our hearts.
For the weather patterns
of the first and second century
to cease
in this era.
Upwards to God
and His Word
We
Pray for His Church
to be
the example of Jesus Christ
We remember
John Wesley said, “The Work of God
continues
His workers go home”
Coinciding
John Wesley never left the Anglican Church
and The Anglican Church
never left
The Roman Catholic Church.
As we think of the Sacrifice
of Jesus Christ
His Love
as He Forgave
We realize
a Thousand Years
are a Day to You.
And Give You Thanks
for
our
Salvation.
You have given us Jesus Christ
Holy is
the Highest Name
Above
all others
Your Prayers are Appreciated!
We all feel Better. And are still taking medicine.
Thank You, Father.
We pray for
more
Heaven upon earth
in
Your Good Will.
To see more Heaven on earth
To look for more Heaven on earth
To proclaim, genuinely, more Heaven on earth
and
Sincerely,
to be and become
more Heaven on earth.
Dwell in us
Be our Help, Helper, Comfort, Comforter
Forgive us, please
and give us more
opportunities
to be a help and comfort to those surrounding us
Dwell in those we love
and
in Jesus Christ
we will finish well!
Forever!
Thank You
for hearing our prayers
In Your Grace
and Forgiveness
and Mercy, Father.
And in Jesus
This Hope.
Faith and Love
we will rise up
Believing Jesus.
Amen
John 21
Thank you, Jesus, our Lord Christ
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