Today's Clarity of Vision is also based (very loosely) on Scripture.
I hope you will understand if today's post is subdued in tone and reduced in length. I will probably not post until I return from Dallas. Thanks for understanding.
Monday, March 07, 2011
Another Family Member Called Home
We will be heading for Dallas later today. Our nephew, Ben, passed away over the weekend. The past 24 hours have become a blur as we attempt to come to terms with this loss. And I truly cannot imagine the pain of his family, especially Rick and Denise. As we tried to pray for them, we found words were not sufficient. Sure, we can pray Romans 8:35-39. Or maybe from 2 Cor 5:8. Still, even Jesus wept when grieving the loss of Lazarus. This will be a bittersweet trip. All we can pray is that God will give them comfort and His peace, and bless them through the pain.
Today's Clarity of Vision is also based (very loosely) on Scripture.
I hope you will understand if today's post is subdued in tone and reduced in length. I will probably not post until I return from Dallas. Thanks for understanding.
Today's Clarity of Vision is also based (very loosely) on Scripture.
I hope you will understand if today's post is subdued in tone and reduced in length. I will probably not post until I return from Dallas. Thanks for understanding.
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am "praying" for your family randy. May God give you peace & the right words to say to your brother...it is so very difficult to bury a son before the father; pat quit church for a month & once tried to open the door to step out when the car was running ( as i was driving...) it devasted him. he would be in restaraunts & here a voice like his sons. when he became blind if he heard this voice i would describe to him what the young man looked like. His son had just got out of prison....then 2 months later was also sent ahead to HIS-HEAVEN. The age is the same as when pat lost his son on october 26th 1997 ( christinas birthday) i made him a special scrapbook then a few years ago gave it to pat grandson (his sons son but not by marriage) the void wont be replaced because as a parent you carry YOUR childs voice in your heart FOREVER. A MOTHER: carries/ponders in her heart of the baby which grew to be a young man...she keeps doing flashbacks of this gift of life sent by GOD & loaned to love with only a "mothers-love" to give. I will commit to pray with joy... a son in HEAVEN along with pats son. Although we will be saddened ...perhaps GOD needed another 21 year old in HEAVEN to share of this MAN called JESUS which he professed a great LOVE for. May God be with you as you also travel back home with a heart heavy with pain, an ache that will feel as sharp as a knife, and a mind which is racing fast forward of the memories YOU shared a small part of. I am learning to be thankful for being a part of my moms life too...as she passed away little over a year ago. My heart is simply numb for you as I shall carry a similar request to OUR LORD in behalf for the same thing your family is/will be going thru. This will draw your family closer together than its ever been before...it will strengthen your PRAYER LIFE FOREVER. enough preaching-some of this is directly from pats heart-I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT RANDY. {words prayerfully spoken.... much love, denise}
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