We are quickly
approaching the 1st anniversary of Bryan’s death. They just finish his
headstone and it is in place. That totally knocked the wind from my sails but
it is accomplished. I am doing better I guess. It still grabs me at the most inopportune
time. Like in church today. I am working through it but it is still hard. I was
told yesterday had it already been a year…and I had to say yes. It was
the longest and shortest year of my life. And the hardest. Praying for better
ones though. For my husband and my daughter as well. It is hard because no one
has remembered the date. We are by our selves. I think how people can forget
July 7th. But then again this is our tragedy not theirs.
Hope all is well
with each one of you.
Still praising Him
through the storm
D.
Donna
Duncan
"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on
wings like eagles;
they will
run and not grow weary, they will walk and not grow faint".
Isaiah 40:31
From:Grief_Group@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Grief_Group@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of J Hum Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 9:50
AM To: grief group Subject: [Grief_Group] Why today?
Maybe you feel a bit like Jeremiah?
Lamentations 3:17 I have been
deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say,
"My splendor is gone
and all that I had hoped from the
LORD."
19 I remember
my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall.
20 I well
remember them,
and my soul is downcast within me.
So then a great question arises: why? Why go on trusting, why go on
caring, why try?
Because verses 21-26 are on the way...
21 Yet this I
call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of
the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are
new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to
myself, "The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."
25 The LORD
is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good
to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.
Last week I was running in a race to raise money for breast cancer
research. It was a 3 mile run and about every mile they had brought in cheer
leading squads to cheer on the runners. Just about the time us runners were
starting to get tired and those feelings of quit came to mind, up ahead there
were cheers of support and hope that the race was about over, it was about
accomplished, we were doing fine, we were "winning."
Sometimes we need someone to cheer us on; sometimes God calls us to be
the ones to cheer on the others.
This morning God's mercies are new. His love waits to refresh us and
help us finish the race.
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