Tuesday, April 19, 2016
I wanted to express my heartfelt sympathy to the family of Betty Jean. There's is such a sense of helplessness when our loved ones die. I'd like to share with you some scriptural thoughts that really helped me. Prayer is so valuable at a time like this, but it's not that prayer simply makes us feel better. 2 Cor. 4:7 says that God can give us, "...power beyond what is normal" to go from one day to the next. This does not mean that we no longer cry or that we forget, but it means that we can recover. The reason we recover is because of our hope. Jesus Christ talked about our hope in John 5:28, "...all those in the memorial tomb will hear his voice and come out". Jesus was referring to the resurrection: this is our hope that helps us recover and gives us power to go on. 2 Cor. 1:3 describes our Creator as, "...the God of all comfort". One way God comforts us is by moving people who care about us, to give us words of encouragement that we need to hear. My thoughts and prayers are with you now during this time of sorrow.
