October 8th 2014: 10:01pm The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. Isaiah 57:1-2 Mrs. Cottings pointed this verse out to my mom a few months after Dad left for heaven. The more I read it, the more I see how true it is. Social media (such as facebook) is a wonderful way to express words, but its also a difficult way to express emotions. Emotions are a reflection of our heart and only God knows the depth of our hearts and yet somehow a simple face to face conversation can convey the heart better than monotone words on social media (anyways, i digress). The depth of pain and loss is great (for me). Anna Simon was telling me that the closer you are to someone the more it hurts to loss them. This could not be farther from the truth. The loss of my dad from this earth has been a tremendously difficult blow to my heart, although not evident on the surface..its been a deep wound that truly only Jesus Himself understands and knows how to sort out for me and im still working out my grief and thoughts (and believe me, its work-griefwork). I love and admire my dad and seem to find him and traces of him in ever worship song he loved or every Scripture verse I read. Im starting to feel gratitude for God blessing me with such a tremendous father, rather than capitalizing on the sheer pain of the loss. In fact, this weekend Bill and I were on a retreat and I truly felt God prompting me to share with the youth how important it is to get right with God and to reconcile with people because you never know when you are going to move from this life into eternity. I was able to share how NO ONE could have imagined Dad leaving earth so suddenly. Make things right. Now. So, in closing, as I celebrate and miss and thank God for blessing me with such a loving, kind, passionate, and godly father (whos birthday is today). I also pray, Lord Jesus, make me a vessel of grace, a minister of your love and help me to ever trust you for you are good and you love me. Help others to bring their brokenness to you and to find solace and deep healing in your love. Amen.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:00:58 +0000
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