Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Heartache and Heaven

 

     Thank you for your prayers. My friend came through brain surgery with flying colors. The tumor was large and was removed successfully, other than a small part attached to a vein, which should not cause issues. She called me the morning after surgery and sounds fantastic! She has relied on Jesus for most of her life and is so thankful for all of the prayers surrounding her and holding her up.

     Life is filled with thanksgiving, with grief, with hope, with loss, with miracles, and with questions. As we praise God for this successful surgery, two friends have lost daughters recently, one from suicide and one from a rare pancreatic cancer. Both had children of their own. The questions and heartache are seemingly impossible to navigate right now.

     And, somehow, God uses these heartaches to grow us together, to comfort, to listen, to mourn, to hope for heaven. I praise God for their beautiful lives this morning. I praise Him for loving them, even though they left us too soon. I pray for His loving arms to be wrapped around the children and the families as they struggle to cope.

     The tears will flow. Our hearts may feel like bursting from the hurt. But I pray God may grant you blessings today, reasons to praise God through all of life’s ups and downs. He is our Rock, our Shepherd, Our loving Father, Our Savior, and He is with us.

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Lord,

Thank You for Your compassion and grace. We praise You through it all. Please be with our friends and family as they grieve, as they cope, as they heal and as they turn to You.

In Jesus name,

Amen

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