When is a day not just a day?
Not just another 24 hours…from sun up to sundown…like sands through the hourglass?
We mark our lives by big days…Birth DAY, First DAY of School, Moving DAY, Wedding DAY…..
Our days on earth are but a shadow…Job 8:9b
All of the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be…Psalm 139:16b
Give us this day our daily bread…Matt 6:11
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matt 6: 34
And when does ‘This too shall pass” not hold true?
When you grieve the loss of someone you love.
This does not pass. And these ‘days’ are what make the first year of grief so hard—passing by all of life’s milestones and big days for the first time.
In my very limited experience with friends and family who have truly experienced deep loss—who walk this journey every day—it seems that anticipating, building up to, or waiting for these ‘days’ to arrive can almost be worse than the ‘day’ itself. Living the loss all over again. Feeling even more deeply--if that's possible--the depth of the absence. Reminded of what could have been…
…and what, to the rest of the world is just another day…knowing that this is the day your world changed forever.
So to you my sweet Aunt Patty, whose life is now marked with the loss of a child…on this day and every day, I’m glad your plan has been to hold tight to Jesus. I pray He has given you peace and comfort and strength to face all the days…
And to Blake and Brooklyn, Sherri and Skip, Nate and Bre, Gar and Stuart—and all who love Renee—I see you holding each other up and making the best of each day. For her sake, and for each other.
And if your plan this week---this day—is just to pray and cry…then we will pray and cry too. That’s all there is. And that’s enough.
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 2 Peter 3:8
So we rely on the promises and keep on singing, “How Great is Our God!” And we look forward to living together in eternity.
When we’ve been there 10,000 years, bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing His praise (all together!)
Than when we’ve first begun!
‘Amazing Grace’ verse 4 (parenthesis added)
Not just another 24 hours…from sun up to sundown…like sands through the hourglass?
We mark our lives by big days…Birth DAY, First DAY of School, Moving DAY, Wedding DAY…..
Our days on earth are but a shadow…Job 8:9b
All of the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be…Psalm 139:16b
Give us this day our daily bread…Matt 6:11
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matt 6: 34
And when does ‘This too shall pass” not hold true?
When you grieve the loss of someone you love.
This does not pass. And these ‘days’ are what make the first year of grief so hard—passing by all of life’s milestones and big days for the first time.
In my very limited experience with friends and family who have truly experienced deep loss—who walk this journey every day—it seems that anticipating, building up to, or waiting for these ‘days’ to arrive can almost be worse than the ‘day’ itself. Living the loss all over again. Feeling even more deeply--if that's possible--the depth of the absence. Reminded of what could have been…
…and what, to the rest of the world is just another day…knowing that this is the day your world changed forever.
So to you my sweet Aunt Patty, whose life is now marked with the loss of a child…on this day and every day, I’m glad your plan has been to hold tight to Jesus. I pray He has given you peace and comfort and strength to face all the days…
And to Blake and Brooklyn, Sherri and Skip, Nate and Bre, Gar and Stuart—and all who love Renee—I see you holding each other up and making the best of each day. For her sake, and for each other.
And if your plan this week---this day—is just to pray and cry…then we will pray and cry too. That’s all there is. And that’s enough.
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 2 Peter 3:8
So we rely on the promises and keep on singing, “How Great is Our God!” And we look forward to living together in eternity.
When we’ve been there 10,000 years, bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing His praise (all together!)
Than when we’ve first begun!
‘Amazing Grace’ verse 4 (parenthesis added)