true2yeshua
August 27th, 2007, 07:07 AM
Just wanted to share how our Lord blessed me recently with a devotional contained in Our Daily Bread. As those of you who visit the Prayer Request Thread know, we recently lost a very dear friend who was a pastor and who officiated over our wedding. We were very close to the family and his wife, Wanda. Kenny's death was so sudden, as it often is, and just ripped my heart.
Thanks for the prayers. : hug They strengthened me. I made it through both services and was able to minister love to the family (my biggest concern was that I would be so broken up - and then snort, as I do when I weep deeply - that I would be no good to them). Kenny's death hit me especially hard because he was like the daddy I never had.
ANYHOO, God cares for us so completely that it even seems - at times - He coordinates a devotional, on a certain day, to be an extra special blessing to our hearts!
GOD WEEPS WITH US
Read: Ps 116
8/24/07 - Our Daily Bread
What is the meaning of Psalm 116:15, "Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints"? God certainly doesn't value or find enjoyment in the death of His children! If He did, why would the psalmist praise God for delivering him from death? And why did Jesus groan and weep as He saw the grief at Lazarus' tomb? (Jn 11:33-35). I agree with scholars who render Ps 116:15, "Costly in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints."
In this world, unless you are a celebrity, your passing will soon be forgotten by all but a small circle of relatives and friends. But Jesus showed us that God shares the sorrow and pain of the bereaved, and that the death of the humblest believer causes His heart great pain.
This thought came to me recently at the funeral of my brohter Tunis. His family and his pastor extolled his compassion, kindness, and generosity. Afterward, people who knew him as a businessman spoke well of him. Though his name was just one of many in the newspaper obituaries, his death was a matter of great loss to us who knew and loved him. And it is comforting to know that God did not take his passing without feeling our pain. In fact, I believe He wept with us. - Herb Vander Lugt
When we are happy or when we are blue,
God is aware of what we do;
All of our sorrows He takes as HIs own -
And He will never leave us alone. - Hess
Shalom in Christ
_________________________
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem :pray :israel
Thanks for the prayers. : hug They strengthened me. I made it through both services and was able to minister love to the family (my biggest concern was that I would be so broken up - and then snort, as I do when I weep deeply - that I would be no good to them). Kenny's death hit me especially hard because he was like the daddy I never had.
ANYHOO, God cares for us so completely that it even seems - at times - He coordinates a devotional, on a certain day, to be an extra special blessing to our hearts!
GOD WEEPS WITH US
Read: Ps 116
8/24/07 - Our Daily Bread
What is the meaning of Psalm 116:15, "Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints"? God certainly doesn't value or find enjoyment in the death of His children! If He did, why would the psalmist praise God for delivering him from death? And why did Jesus groan and weep as He saw the grief at Lazarus' tomb? (Jn 11:33-35). I agree with scholars who render Ps 116:15, "Costly in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints."
In this world, unless you are a celebrity, your passing will soon be forgotten by all but a small circle of relatives and friends. But Jesus showed us that God shares the sorrow and pain of the bereaved, and that the death of the humblest believer causes His heart great pain.
This thought came to me recently at the funeral of my brohter Tunis. His family and his pastor extolled his compassion, kindness, and generosity. Afterward, people who knew him as a businessman spoke well of him. Though his name was just one of many in the newspaper obituaries, his death was a matter of great loss to us who knew and loved him. And it is comforting to know that God did not take his passing without feeling our pain. In fact, I believe He wept with us. - Herb Vander Lugt
When we are happy or when we are blue,
God is aware of what we do;
All of our sorrows He takes as HIs own -
And He will never leave us alone. - Hess
Shalom in Christ
_________________________
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem :pray :israel