There’s an on-line devotional I follow every day written by Max Lucado who has written hundreds of books.
One of my favourite books is You Are Special. It is a beautiful story that reminds us that we are precious to God just the way we are. It is through spending daily time with him that we begin to see ourselves through his eyes. This is an important truth that children and parents need to know: God loves us even though we make mistakes and have flaws!
Today he wrote this:
You sleep alone in a double bed. You walk the hallways of a silent house. You catch yourself calling out his name or reaching for her hand. Good-bye is the challenge of your life! To get through this is to get through this raging loneliness, this strength-draining grief. Just the separation has exhausted your spirit. You feel quarantined, isolated.
May I give you some hope? If heaven’s throne room has a calendar, one day is circled in red and highlighted in yellow. The Bible says that the The Master himself will give the command. Archangel thunder! God’s trumpet blast! He will come down from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then the rest of us who are still alive will be caught up with them into the clouds to meet the Master. {I Thessalonians 4:15-17}.
Oh, what a day that will be! We’ll be walking on air! And there will be one huge family reunion. I leave you with this reminder: You will get through this!
Some times life can feel overwhelming. We wonder how we will make it through the week, let alone the day. I find it truly amazing how God intervenes in our day to day lives. Each day I check in, it’s exactly what I needed to read. Some people would mark it as coincidence, or fate, but if we have our eyes open we can notice that those incidents/accidents are really God at work.
Blessings
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