Posted on 11/12/2008 9:40:40 AM PST by betty boop
praying for you and yours
"But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus."
If you think your task as comforter is to tell me that really, all things considered, it's not so bad, you do not sit with me in my grief but place yourself off in the distance away from me. Over there, you are of no help.... To comfort me, you have to come close. Come sit beside me on my mourning bench. I know: People do sometimes think things are more awful that they really are. Such people need to be corrected-gently, eventually. But no one thinks death is more awful than it is. It's those who think it's not so bad that need correcting.
To redeem our brokenness and lovelessness the God who suffers with us did not strike some mighty blow of power but sent his beloved son to suffer like us, through his suffering to redeem us from suffering and evil. Instead of explaining our suffering God shares it.
God is love. That is why he suffers. To love our suffering world is to suffer...The one who does not see God's suffering does not see his love. So, suffering is down at the centre of things, deep down where the meaning is. Suffering is the meaning of our world. For love is meaning. And love suffers. The tears of God are the meaning of history.
Love in our world is suffering love. Some do not suffer much, though, for they do not love much. Suffering is for the loving.
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son
Goodness! Ongoing prayers for your family and the legal folks who must navagate these waters now. Please see post 232 by jagusafr. I hope it is helpful to you.
Diamond,
Allow the true ‘One’ to help lighten your burden.
Prayers Up..
Betty, a parent’s worst nightmare. May Jesus Christ heal all, amen.
Wow. I can’t express my sadness for you and your family.
It is a sin-cursed world in which we live, and of the many diseases that the Fall has wrought on us - amongst the cruelest has to be these mental illnesses. We don't understand them. We don't know how to treat them. And the poor person who suffers through them is living a nightmare... Rev 20:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.El Cid, sonrise57, it is too hard for me to write much now, but I want you to know your words above and the Scripture above were quoted in Alex's memorial service on Saturday. It was a beautiful service and a glory to God.-----------
You know what it is like to have lost a son at the hands of ones that you love. I pray that you will wrap your loving arms around this family and give them the peace, strength and courage they need to face the day. I pray that your loving forgiveness will continue to flow as it has already begun from them to their surviving son.
betty boop and all, I bless you and give thanks to God for you all. Thank you for this thread. I come back and read it often. It means so much to me, I cannot find the words to express it.
I am thankful that God used these words in your life. May you continue to experience His peace.
Lord Jesus, please give this family comfort over this terrible tragedy. Amen.
In my prayers.
prayers
Please accept my most heartfelt prayers.
May God grant you and your family the guidance, strength, courage, and comfort you need today, Diamond.
Y’all are in my prayers, and I’ve told others, so they can pray as well.
God bless and be with you all.
Keeping y’all close in prayer. God be with you.
You are in my prayers.
May the Holy Spirit comfort you with his true peace.
Our prayers are offered.
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