Today marks the 11 year anniversary of my father’s death. It’s been a very hard week in and of itself but knowing that the 25th was looming at the end of the week made me edgy I suppose. He was only 59 and died of prostate cancer. They caught it early believe it or not, this horrible disease that is supposedly so treatable. Despite all efforts of the doctors my beloved daddy didn’t beat the odds. I still can’t understand why of all people he wouldn’t be spared. He was such a good man. He was remarkable in every way. I never met anyone who didn’t admire him. One day he told me on the that although the cancer was inconvenient (inconvenient! Can you believe that?) he knew that God had allowed it in his life so he could share the Gospel with those in the Cancer Center where he was being treated. I know now that is just part of the big picture. And yet as I sit here on this anniversary knowing my daddy is whole and pain free now in Heaven with Jesus I am still here on earth waiting to be reunited with him, wondering if he ever had the opportunity to have a glimpse from Heaven of his only granddaughter who was born only months after his death. I still grieve. Not a hopeless grief but it’s still a grief that visits me once a year for a brief time early in the morning while I ponder the things I cannot comprehend. But the Bible says…
“Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:28:31
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:28:31
And I am renewed with strength to go on, I am comforted knowing I don’t have to understand, God’s understanding is more than I will ever be able to fathom and He knows my heart, and I am thankful for a God who is that loving!
And the Bible says…
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4
And I am comforted…
Have a blessed weekend~ann
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