A WRITTEN PRAYER.
Dear Lord
Please forgive me for my lack of understanding.
Help me and all others who are bearing up as best we can with this burden of grief.
Your word says you will not lay upon us, a burden that is so heavy we cannot bear it.
I don't know what to do with my own. I can't imagine what Hope's husband and three daughters will do with theirs.
This woman you gave me to love and care for, is heart-broken. She desires to know you as her savior, to trust you as I and her daughter say we do before the whole world.
We praise your name and give thanks for all the times we have witnessed miracles in your name.
Lord, we WANT to understand. Yes, we know that your thoughts are not our thoughts. We wish it were otherwise. I wish I could tell everyone that this death is for the better, but these eyes are not capable of seeing the future and so, we panic, shake our heads negatively and weep for this great loss.
I know you have seen the deaths of so many of your Saints and understood that it had to be. You have tried to show us your strength and remained faithful to us when life threw up obstacles in our journey, pleading with us to just Walk on in faith. We do not enjoy disappointing you as much and as often as we do.
You provide us with your armor, but we do not use it appropriately. We need training. Is that what this is? If so, I fear that we are destined to disappoint you once again.
"Onward Christian Soldiers" we shout to our brothers and sisters, then we stumble and fall away as a poor example. We are ashamed and know that we are weak in ourselves when death challenges us. You are strong when we are weak.
Fill us with the power we will need to overcome all our enemies and testing for your sake.
Be with Hope's family. Help them to understand that she was constantly serving others in every way and means possible. Allow her example to inspire them to be like her and you, whom she served for most of her adult life. We will miss her greatly and seek to understand your will as we journey on toward her destination.
AMEN!
Dear Lord
Please forgive me for my lack of understanding.
Help me and all others who are bearing up as best we can with this burden of grief.
Your word says you will not lay upon us, a burden that is so heavy we cannot bear it.
I don't know what to do with my own. I can't imagine what Hope's husband and three daughters will do with theirs.
This woman you gave me to love and care for, is heart-broken. She desires to know you as her savior, to trust you as I and her daughter say we do before the whole world.
We praise your name and give thanks for all the times we have witnessed miracles in your name.
Lord, we WANT to understand. Yes, we know that your thoughts are not our thoughts. We wish it were otherwise. I wish I could tell everyone that this death is for the better, but these eyes are not capable of seeing the future and so, we panic, shake our heads negatively and weep for this great loss.
I know you have seen the deaths of so many of your Saints and understood that it had to be. You have tried to show us your strength and remained faithful to us when life threw up obstacles in our journey, pleading with us to just Walk on in faith. We do not enjoy disappointing you as much and as often as we do.
You provide us with your armor, but we do not use it appropriately. We need training. Is that what this is? If so, I fear that we are destined to disappoint you once again.
"Onward Christian Soldiers" we shout to our brothers and sisters, then we stumble and fall away as a poor example. We are ashamed and know that we are weak in ourselves when death challenges us. You are strong when we are weak.
Fill us with the power we will need to overcome all our enemies and testing for your sake.
Be with Hope's family. Help them to understand that she was constantly serving others in every way and means possible. Allow her example to inspire them to be like her and you, whom she served for most of her adult life. We will miss her greatly and seek to understand your will as we journey on toward her destination.
AMEN!