DISQUS

Great shot! What is he thinking?

Ouch...wish I could say that your words were wonderful ones for me to share with clients who face the same problem, but they spoke to my heart this morning. I, too, have a tough time trusting God at times. I know, at an intellectual level, that He is in control, that He knows what is best for me, but I keep taking charge and trying to fix things on my own. As a counselor comforting others is usually not a problem, but letting people see my problems and comforting them by sharing my weaknesses is difficult. Thanks for the reminder that community means allowing others to come along side me...not just me coming along side them!

I read both of those posts last week with tears in my eyes. On Sunday, Sept. 30 we went to my fathers grave to bury the ashes of our granddaughter who was stillborn. Strange that so many similar losses happened at the same time...or maybe I am just keenly aware of them because of my own. This is what I wrote in my blog..."It is hard to understand a loss like this. When my father died, at the age of 81, he had lived a long and full life. And he was suffering...from diabetes, congestive heart failure, blindness, and finally a stroke. Although it was sad to lose him, we rejoiced in the fact that he was in heaven and not suffering any more. But Charlotte...we grieved over the fact that her death was so senseless and that we never got to know her. I can imagine what she would have been like when I look at her big sister Noelle...but we'll never know...or will we?

My faith tells me that she is in heaven with the great grandfather that she is buried with. So when my heart is troubled I think about them sitting at the feet of Jesus. And the things of this earth will go strangely dim...grief, loss, pain...all momentary troubles in light of eternity!"

Thanks for reminding us that there can be peace in the midst of the losses of life.