At 7:02 a.m., my instant messenger pings, and usually, when I am in my morning devotions, I ignore the sounds and calls of social media. This morning I couldn’t miss the second ping, which meant one of the seven friends within this chat group had responded. I am typically able to ignore many pings but today felt different!
Even though we expected to receive this sad news, prayers were said yesterday, and hope was expressed and released. Hermione, the cat, was seventeen and a half and was diagnosed with possible kidney failure. Today my friend grieves as her beloved pet crosses the Rainbow Bridge and joins many pets who have left us all too soon.
Today would have been my grandpa’s earthly birthday. Bella the Schnauzer and I shall take him a bouquet of flowers from my yard. Another dear friend just lost her father a little over a week ago and a childhood friend still grieves deeply as her mom has only been gone a few months.
Psalm 34:18 ESV “The Lord is near to the broken-hearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
Matthew 5:4 ESV “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Dear Lord Jesus, I pray this simple prayer on behalf of those in the raw stages of loss and mourning. I hold up those to you in the time to move on stage, Lord, help them to settle into their new, new. I lift those in the background of mourning where one we loved and miss has been gone for a long time, and their memory is a blessed smile. Thank you Lord for wrapping your arms around your children who are suffering and in pain, please Lord let them feel your love and comfort, fill them with your peace. Help them each day in their healing, and we give you all the glory for knowing one day we will be reunited with those we dearly miss. In your name I pray. Amen 🙏
Death seems to be looming as vibrant summer greens are transforming into beautiful shades of red and gold. The leaves are dying and falling to the ground, covering the grass like a blanket, and there is the crispness of Autumn in the morning air.
To the believers in Christ, in His Father’s word, his birth, death, and resurrection. Death is a new life! We may miss each other for some time, but we will be together again! On this we stand, on this, we believe…Hallelujah, Amen!
Be blessed today, and thank you for joining me. 🥰
Sunshine On My Shoulder 