“Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll -- are they not in your record?” - Psalm 56:8 We collect memories of those we have loved and lost; we decorate the wall of our hearts, old photographs hang. Whispers of promises made, “I love you” phrases that were once said. The dead never really leave us. Their memories, like the[...]
...it can happen abruptly. One minute you’re happy and joyous in the Lord because He blessed you with such a beautiful life and then, suddenly, you get a phone call that changes your life. A hard blow to the gut, grief knocks us off balance. I don’t know of any woman who schedules an appointment with grief. Nonetheless, pain contin[...]
In light of our last devotional about Lot’s wife, I went through the archives to find a series I wrote a two years ago called “Beauty for Ashes.” Here’s part one. Enjoy. I looked at the mess on my floor and in my closet and wondered when I had become so disorganized. It isn’t like me to allow my closet to exist without it bein[...]
Let’s remind ourselves of the verses that began this series: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord[...]
The casket shut tightly and with it my eyes. Dread hung thickly around each of us sitting in the church pews. In silence, we felt forever and nothing all at once. I remember thinking, I can’t believe I’m doing this. It was, after all, the day before my birthday. Grief was choking any sense of excitement I had. What I tried to tell mys[...]
“Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll -- are they not in your record?” - Psalm 56:8 We collect memories of those we have loved and lost; we decorate the wall of our hearts, old photographs hang. Whispers of promises made, “I love you” phrases that were once said. The dead never really leave us. Their memories, like the[...]