This week is both somber and celebratory in the Christian faith. Christ’s death on Good Friday became our hope on Resurrection Sunday! Over 2000 years ago, Jesus’ disciples, his mother and many others were grieved as they watched the Lord be crucified on the Cross. Death and Grief are cruel adversaries. We see it constantly played across our television and… Read More
God is Our Strength
My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. – Psalm 73:26 Today would have been my mother’s 99th birthday. Wow!…I can’t believe it’s been 16 years since she passed. Tears still well up thinking and even writing about her. Such is that delicate relationship between mothers and daughters. When I… Read More
Grief Is A Sign of Hope
Lamentations 3:22-24 22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. 24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” It’s hard to imagine that out of the dust of ashes from our pain and grief that hope could arise. Yet when I read Lamentations two months ago, that’s exactly what the Lord showed me…. Read More