Last evening I went to my friend’s dad’s viewing. I couldn’t think of anything to say, so today I want to share Bible verses for the grieving to help others in a similar environment. When I saw her next to her mom who was next to the casket, it just all seemed so surreal. My […]
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After my husband passed away from cancer, I took a day “off” to just be with the Lord. I told everyone what I was doing and asked them not to call or stopover. The intent was to observe a day of silence, a day of silent meditation and prayer where I could have a conversation
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I was greatly moved by this passage: Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep…. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God… And David inquired of the Lord…1 Samuel 30:4 & 6b & 8a This is how we should
We’re reading this book Holiness by J.C. Ryle in a life group that I’m in and last night I came across this passage: “Some of us know by bitter experience what a long and weary time it is between the death of those we love and the hour when we bury them out of our
In the Gospel of John, chapter 11, Jesus goes to the home of Mary and Martha after Lazurus died. Three times, John mentions those who came to mourn with the sisters: v. 19 …many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. v. 31 When the Jews who
I had a surprising number of conversations yesterday about death, grieving, and mourning. Maybe it isn’t really surprising considering how many of our loved ones have passed away since the pandemic began. We try to make sense of it, but it’s just so overwhelming. As Christians, we’re aware of 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (ESV): But we
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