Today Someone...Where Are We Going In Our Grief?

A familiar noise now startles me,

I sadly turn in anticipation,

Knowing you're not coming back,

Has become my daily realisation.

Days, months, years go by,

Still, heart-broken, I long for you.

One more hug, a look, a word,

Will never again happen, it's true.

That does not mean I must forget,

Or put away my feelings, so deep.

My love for you will never change,

Special memories in my heart, I'll keep.

Sometimes I can talk of you,

Other times the tears just flow.

Losing you was the hardest thing,

I've had to face in life, you know.

Just when I feel I can't go on,

The pain's too much to bear.

The Lord sends me His Comforter,

I can talk to Him in prayer.

There's not a feeling He does not know.

Or a heartache He's never endured.

He understands our every need,

Our happiness He has secured.

One day He'll lift us up to Him,

To dwell in Heaven for all eternity.

Oh how I long for that glorious day,

When united with my loved one I will be.

(By Doreen Hardie)

The apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 is most encouraging when he says;

~“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.”~

God doesn't promise us tomorrow, but He does promise us eternity filled with love we cannot comprehend.

Our grief can point us toward timeless truths that will help us weather future storms.

Through our trials, God bids us to choose:

Do we believe, or do we not?

Will we be bold enough to love, daring enough to serve, humble enough to submit, and strong enough to acknowledge our limitations?

Can we surrender our concern in things that don't matter so that we might devote our remaining days to things that do?

What is man that Thou art mindful of him?

We don't know much, but we know this:

No matter where we are, no matter what we do, no matter how bleak or frightening our prospects, each and every one of us, each and every day, lies in the same safe and impregnable place, in the hollow of God's hand.

JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE,

NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER

EXCEPT BY HIS SON WHO DIED FOR YOU !

IF YOU WERE TO DIE TODAY DO YOU KNOW

FOR SURE WHERE YOU'LL SPEND ETERNITY ?