"A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not quench..." (Isaiah 42:3 NKJ).
Jesus didn't--and doesn't--go by our theory of survival of the fittest. He takes our bruised reed that twists in the storm and strengthens and straightens it enough so that it makes music for Him ...read more
I dearly love the Book of Job. The year our son died I had lost two other basic relationships, all three deaths within months of each other, and all suddenly with no time for goodbyes. I found my comfort in the Old Testament, Job and Isaiah especially. On the third ...read more
"...Though I fall I will rise again! When I sit in darkness, the Lord himself will be my Light...God will bring me out of my darkness into the light, and I will see his goodness" (Micah 7:8,9 TLB).
Darkness is frightening. We can't even see shadows--God's or ours--much less light when ...read more
"Then [I] dreamed..." (Genesis 28:12).
About four months after our son died I wrote a booklet titled GRIEF. Two years later I received a letter from a publisher accepting it and saying they felt it would help many grieving people. What I remember about the afternoon I received the letter was ...read more
"He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. `I have had enough, Lord,' he said. `Take my life...'" (1 Kings 19:4 NIV).
This is a remarkable chapter in the Bible. We think of Elijah as a rugged individualist and the strong prophet of ...read more
"Now there was a day ... and Satan also came among them" (Job 1:6 NKJ); "... The day of grief and desperate sorrow ... Then behold, at eventide, trouble!" (Is.17:11c,14 NKJ).
It's no comfort that every person's day finally comes. I felt that my day--my dark night of the soul--came that ...read more
"Thus it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish” (Matthew 18:14 NAS).
During World War II Dr. Leslie D. Weatherhead gave five talks on the will of God to his City Temple congregation in England. Fortunately for the rest ...read more
"The pain of leaving those you grow to love is only the prelude to understanding yourself and others."-Shirley MacLaine
There comes a time in everyone's life where they experience a loss. Sometimes it's the loss of a person or an animal while other times its the loss of one's health, a ...read more
Death is an overrated paradox – for when we are actually besieged by sorrow of bereavement or loss, we, by determining the source of such a breed of sadness and mourning, render it helplessly corrupt, sad or perverse. Death is a causeless inevitability, pronounced in every man’s structure, and the ...read more
Comforting a person who has experienced the loss of a loved one is very hard. However, words of sympathy along with a consoling sympathy gift can soothe and support the grieving family. Sympathy gifts are a perfect way to communicate to the grieving family about your care and support, ...read more
