Dear Loving understanding Lord
I have a friend Karen who is going through a really hard time
as she is grieving the loss of her Dad. You know personally
Lord what it is to lose a loved one. You lost your one and only
Son when a crowd of unthankful, unkind, nasty cruel people
hung him on the cross. I bet you wept uncontrollably...
Many many many tears. Tears, tears and more tears. I know
I wept when I lost my Dad of a heart attack when I was 21.
It took me six years of grieving Lord. You know that. I cried and
cried and cried till I could cry no more. I never thought I was ever
going to get over it. I put on a show like most of us do – I smiled
and laughed and joked and said the things I thought I was supposed
to say...but deep down I was so cut. The pain was unbearable. It
cut like a knife. I was so distraught as my Dad didn’t go to church
– and I didn’t think I would ever see him again. I thought an eternity
without my Dad - How could I bare it. I remember talking to a Pastor
one day Lord about my Dads’ salvation as I was so upset – thinking
I was never going to see him again. The Pastor told me – and I will never
ever forget those kind words - that we are to leave my Fathers case in
the hands of a loving God. That message helped me cope with my Dads
death. It also helped me cope when two years later one of my brothers died in
a car accident where alcohol was involved...and another 2 years later when
another brother died in another car accident. Even when my sister died of cancer –
those words were so comforting to me. I know I was lucky with my sister - I got to
go through her 4 year cancer Journey with her – and I had the wonderful opportunity
to tell her about the Love of Jesus and all about heaven – we got to sing songs about
Jesus before she died, we talked about heaven - and she so looking forward to meeting up
again with her loved ones...She was also looking forward to seeing you Lord.
That was like watching a miracle take place - because for so long my sister didn't
believe in you Lord - but during her terrible ordeal going through the cancer journey - she
found you...a great treasure - more valuable than gold. I was blessed to have had the
opportunity to point her to an awesome God. A God who is faithful and trustworthy.
A God who comforted her in her last hours. A God who gave her hope – and something
to look forward to. But those words – leave the judging of another Human being in the
hands of a loving God will ring in my ears forever as a positive awesome reminder that
