FAITH

"Focusing on God often causes Him to draw near to your grieving heart, bringing you the assurance that He needs the one who has died. The Lord will assure you He has called the eager, enthusiastic spirit of your departed loved one to stand with the invisible yet liberated, living, and radiant multitude. And as this thought enters your mind, along with the knowledge that your loved one is engaged in a great heavenly mission, a song begins in your heart."

I the busyness of yesterday, I failed to take time to read my Streams in the Desert devotional for the day. So I read it today, before reading today's, and THAT was the encouraging word that was spoken into my life.

The part that really stuck out is "your loved one is engaged in a great heavenly mission...". That makes so much sense! Your passing has caused hundreds of people to look in the mirror, reflect on what they see...the lives they've led...their relationship with our Heavenly Father. And as a result, lives have been changed and hearts have been won over by Christ.

Today's message was on FAITH. "Faith can change ANY situation, no matter how dark or difficult. Lifting your heart to God in a moment of genuine faith in Him can quickly alter your circumstancees."


Losing you forced me to see just how little control I have in life. How plans can fail so tragically, without warning. You planned to go to work that early morning, but you never made it. We planned on renewing our vows in a small Christian ceremony with our family and friends on 11/11/11, but that won't be happening. We looked forward to growing old together...watching our girls become women, and spoiling our grandkids rotten - but instead I'll be filling their heads with memories of their Grandpapa so they'll feel like they know you.

There's nothing wrong with plans. They're a necessary part of life here on earth. BUT, it's important to understand that circumstances can change plans. Once the funeral was over and we started living each day without you, the realization that all of the hopes, dreams and goals we had together ended the day you left overwhelmed me. In fact, it wasn't till recently that I really looked at my current situation and realized "Mark wouldn't want me to be a mess like this!"

That realization had majority to do with you. The man you were, and the way we functioned as a family while you were here. FAITH! Believing God's Word and TRUSTING that His Will is perfect and right. Standing firm on His promises. No matter how "crappy" our situation seemed from the outside, we were happy because of our faith. We trusted that as long as we did our part, God had us where He wanted us at the time and was working in us to bring us to where He wanted us in the future.

I LOVE having bible study with you babe:). Until tomorrow...1434.