A Glorious Future
by Vonette Bright
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“Jesus answered them, ‘Do you finally believe? In fact, you’re about to make a run for it – saving your own skins and abandoning me. But I’m not abandoned. The Father is with me. I’ve told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world” (John 16:31-33, The Message)
Losing a child may be the most painful experience!
It happened to the parents of two teenage girls who drowned during an outing. But this Christian couple had a different attitude. Was there pain? Oh yes. Was there sorrow? Most assuredly. Even so, they determined to put their trust in God. To see the throne of God through their tears.
At that point they recognized their daughters had “new assignments” from God in Heaven. Their jobs were still on earth. The father said, “Although we look forward to that great reunion, we must be prepared to accomplish our God – given assignments until we all go up.”
Dear one, maybe you’ve experienced a loss recently. As a Christian you are not immune to suffering. But rest in God’s loving arms. Your loved one’s mission has moved Heavenward.
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to all ladies
i am afraid i wrote something that was missed understod and hurt some one i just didnot not word it right and am sorry if i afended any one please forgive me i am so sorry. you all mean so much to me i do not want to hurt anyones fellings and in no ment to.
sharon
Sharon just so you know I have been in touch with Regina and she is such a sweet, sweet lady and tender hearted person. As anyone would and I did she is going through a horrible horrible time right now and all you can do is just keep her in your prayers.
linda some people just don’ know how what they say when we loose some can huet so much perhaps they mean well but that does not help one child can never replace another.
blessings
sharon
regina please don’t give up
god does have a plan. you are in my prayers.
sharon
Dear Regina,
So glad to see you and so glad Linda R wrote again today..in reading her heartfelt comments, can tell the Lord has something special for the two of you and has put you on her heart!..She is going to be a help and has understanding no one else could unless they’d experienced these same feelings. Praying you do get an email through to her because she and the Lord are going to help you through this .. We’ve all been thinking of you and lifting you since reading your first comment! And, HE understands exactly how you are feeling, too. Everyone’s Journey through grief is different and as individual as we each are.. But HE has a “pathway” that is a perfect help for you and will help! Linda has it exactly right, too..Folks say the most inappropriate things, sometimes..wellmeaning, but not realizing..But? HE “connects Spirits” that can bless one another !! After the Stillbirth we experienced? He sent a friend that just let me “talk”..And, sometimes “not talk”..But, she understood. She’d had an early loss like that and “knew”..It got me through! Just sending a (((Regina))) your way tonight and prayers going up for you and your husband..And, we’ll ask for help and His Strength with you during that court situation, too. We have mentioned more than once here Mother Teresa’s poignant words “God is already in our tomorrow”..and HE is..and will shelter, nestle and protect you…
Hi Regina, no I never did receive your email, I don’t know why. I totally understand that you have nothing to say. After I wrote my last email I was thinking what was I like and if I could sit with you what would I really really say. I didn’t know what I wanted except like you I wanted Lee-Anna back. I really believed on the way to the funeral that she would be raised from the dead, might sound funny but I did believe it. I used to just hate it when people would say well so & so lost 3 children at least you only lost 1 or well at least you still have two healthy boys left. I hate to say it but people can say the dumbest things when you loose a love one. I used to just sit there and rock back and forth, but I tried to always play Christian music it somehow seem to make me feel closer to her. Anyways I am sorry I never got your email, if you ever feel like trying again I would love to hear from you. lrohne@shaw.ca but please remember you are loved and being prayed for and I will not forget to do that & I REALLY MEAN THAT!
Love & Prayers, & Hugs
Linda
I appreciate everyones comments and prayers. Some days it is difficult for me to communicate with others. I feel I have nothing to say.My husband is very vocal with his grief and I tend to mourn privately. We did attend a Compassionate friends meeting last week,but I mostly cried and barely spoke. It is as if there are no words to describe the pain and feelings. Maybe one day I”ll be able to communicate. I know God has a plan and a purpose for everyone and He does not make mistakes. The only thing I desire is Allyson back with me. Linda, I did send you an email. I hope you received it. Thanks everyone for reaching out to me in my despair.
Hi Regina I just had to email you and say hi and see how you are doing? I just can’t get you off my mind, I wish I could be there to some how help you go through this awful time in your life. I remember Chuck Swindoll saying one time he had this man come into his office who was really down and was dealing with some really heavy issues. So the man came in sat down and talked for a whole hour then he stood up and said Thank you, thank you thank you, you have helped me so much I really appreciate it and he left. Chuck Swindoll said I never said a word I just let him talk as that was all he needed to do and sometimes when we are grieving that is what we need to do is just talk, talk, talk and if you have no one to do that to I am more than willing to just listen , listen, listen. But I also just want you to know that you are in my prayer. One other thing I wanted to say & I know you probably aren’t going to like this answer but you said you ask God everyday why did this happen, Regina we will never know why these things happen while we are here on earth, we can speculate, like down the road someday you will be able to reach out and help someone else in the same situation, everytime you hear an ambulance your heart will be tugged to pray for that person, when you hear of a death on TV once again you will feel called to pray for that family, maybe not now but the day will come because you will know exactly how they are feeling and what they are going through and if you are willing God will use you. But for now all you can do is just take one day at a time and like I said before God NEVER,EVER MAKES MISTAKES, NEVER DOES HE SAYS WHOOPS! THAT ONE WASN’T SUPPOSE TO DIE TODAY, NO GOD IS IN CONTROL OF EACH AND EVERYONE OF OUR LIVES.Praying for you!
Hugs & Prayers,
Linda
Regina you have just been on my heart all day long. You have to know that you are never going to get over missing you daughter. Yes she is in Heaven with Jesus but if you feel like I felt when Lee-Anna passed away you don’t really care at this moment because you want her here with you, right? One thing you have to remember is that It was Her time to go, God NEVER MAKES MISTAKES, He doesn’t go Oh no that one wasn’t suppose to die, no God knows the day, hour, minute when each and everyone of us are going to die. Just like the day Lee-Anna was killed in the car accident and the driver was not injured, I had to Believe that It was Her time to go and be with God. I wasn’t an accident. In my case I wrote a letter to the police requesting that the driver Not be charged, he was a Christian and I truly had forgiven him with God’s help and Had to Totally Believe It Was Lee-Anna’s time to go. Please don’t get me wrong, I cried and cried and I still do, I miss her terribly and wish she could be her with us and yet deep down I know she wouldn’t want to be here she is much more happier where she is. I lost Lee-Anna’s dad when she was just 10 months old, both my parents has since passed away and my mother-in-law but Praise The Lord they are all In Heaven With Jesus & Now Your Daughter is There Too & they are all having a Riot even though we hurt and we miss them so, so much. You will be in my prayers and my offer is still open if you want to email me and just talk I am more than willing just to even listen. I don’t have all the answers but I want you to know as a sister in the Lord I am here for you anytime.
Hugs & Prayers,
Linda lrohne@shaw.ca
regina i am so sorry about your daughter. it must be so painfulbut the Lord will see you through it and although we my not know it He has aplan. you willbe in my prayers
sharon
i was able to be with all of my family members when they passed. i had to travel many miles to be with my mother and brother but the Lord let me make it on time. with my father he was living with us and we were taking care of him. it was hard but i was determined to keep him home with us if at all possible i know God was th one that made it possable. and i have no regrets. blessing to all of you here
sharon
Dear Regina I know exactly how you feel. I lost my daughter in a car accident when she was 15 3/4 yrs old. I would love to email you and talk to you if you would let me. My email address is lrohne@shaw.ca that is a small L for Linda. I don’t have all the answers by any means but I would sure like to be a sounding board for you and try and encourage you in any way I can and just even be here for you,just to listen to you say what you want to say. I will be praying for you and I truly hope I hear from you too.
Hugs & Prayers,
Linda
Dear Regina,
I read your response to a Glorious Future & it broke my heart in two. My first thought was “God, I have nothing to say to help her”. Then He brought Colossians 3:1-3 to my mind “…seek those things which are above…set your affections on those things which are above, not on things of this earth…for you are dead(to this world) & your life is HID with Christ, in God.When Christ, Who is our life shall appear then shall you (AND your daughter) also appear with Him in glory”.In Hebrews 11:13-16, it talks about being strangers & pilgrims on this earth, desiring a better country, that is, a heavenly! My precious one, it will never be “ok” that your daughter is gone, & you will not know on this earth all the “whys”, but as the hymn says “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in HIS Wonderful Face, And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the Light of His glory & grace”. Seek to know Him more everyday. Make Jesus your “all in all” on this earth. Life can seem long & hard, especially in circumstances like yours, but compared to eternity, it is but a second. Ask God how He wants to use you for His Glory, like the Devotional said – We’re not through down here – that’s God’s decision, not ours, as much as we sometimes wish it were! In Jeremiah 33:3 it says “Call unto Me & I will answer you, & show you great & mighty things that you do not know”, & also in Jeremiah 29:13 it says “And you shall seek me & find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart”. My dear sister, seek Him – seek Jesus – and He will be there for you. Feed on His Word & He will talk to you in ways you have never dreamed of. He’s not through with you, Regina, let Him have His way in your life, & He will make it worth living, & many lives will be changed because of your pain, because of Jesus in you! Loving you & praying for you!
For Dear Regina…
Am so sorry to read of this loss which has been so recent, too..We have another “Sister” that shares with us here that had a loss like this years ago, Linda R., and I pray she reads this and writes in because she can relate in very close ways and give you encouragement from having experienced an awful thing like this. Some things that happen in this earthen walk, just don’t make sense! And? We do “look through a glass darkly” sometimes..And, HE understands this, too..But, I know HE will send help for you..
Be very gentle with yourself..That is how the Lord will be as you find your way through this awful tragedy and the accompanying grief. HE understands your feelings right now and will send the “Comforter” to help, too. Eugenia Price wrote a beautiful little book called “Making it through the Night After the Loss of a loved one”..She teaches from Psalm 30:5..shared this with Linda R., too…You may find a copy at your library..And there are copies to order on Google..It is one of the best sharings about the grief process have read…I hope this portion of Psalm 30:5 will help “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning”..
One day, Regina, although it is hard to conceive right now.. you will awaken and the skies will be bluer and the grass greener than ever before..as HE heals your broken heart and helps you find JOY again..The last few devotionals..we’ve mentioned Romans 8:37-39…and the fact that NOTHING can separate us from His Love..and that love of our precious ones, too! It is still in place and can never be taken from us.
There are so many goodbyes in this life..and yours too soon and sudden..But, you carry her forward every day..That was sooo young..But, so grateful for the nearly 19 years of the gift of her! I had a stillborn daughter over 30 years ago and cannot even “imagine” how hard this is for you having had your daughter for almost 19 years! That event “threw me”..but, also changed my life in the most unbelievable ways.. I relish every day now..and all the people in this life!
That little book (and I call it the “joy in the morning” book!) helped me so much when I read it. One morning? I did awaken and actually noticed the grass, the sky, the little birds chirping..My sad time happened just two weeks before Christmas..and thought I’d never be able to rejoice again? But today? Christmas is more precious than ever and I rejoice now in ways could never have before..HE got me through and gave me that joy again..And, am believing that for you, too.
Lifting you in loving prayers as this is typed and others here so faithful to pray and lift you up. God be with you in special ways in upcoming days…(((Regina)))
The devotion has an entirely different perspective for me. I lost my daughter,Allyson (3 weeks shy of her 19 th birthday) thru a tragedy and the person will be tried in court hopefully in Nov. Allyson was killed in March 07. I know she was a Christian but how do I get where its ok she’s gone? Everyday I ask God why, why did it happen? I miss her terribly and cry daily. Life is not worth living without her.
Bless All You Dear Ladies..
Like Sharon, am the last of my original birth family..and I miss them so much..but, they left me such a legacy of Hope .. I, also, feel them often in my spirit..and was blessed to see them have great Victories in their lives before HE called..They lived life to the fullest with His help, brought JOY into every room they entered, and knew our Father as close personal friend and taught that to me and others, by example! Both had hard earthen roads to travel, many earthen challenges, but lived out the “Good News” in front of myself and others at end of their lives in the most remarkable ways.
John 16:31-33 is full of hope and promise for us all..This fallen world will have difficulties in it..and like the devotional writer expressed.. Believers not exempt from trials..But HE shows us a way through them to Victory.. with HIS help and hope we become “more than conquerors” Romans 8:37!!! Hallelujah and Praise our Lord..We are His Children and have inheritence with HIM, too!!.. We will also have His Peace, Joy, and Help along the way..Let’s live out our earthen days in a way that honors Him and seek what our job is and do it for the King!
Be “in agreement”, Ladies, for beloved Barbara C. ..Corporate prayer is powerful..We speak to that BDD test in powerful name of LORD JESUS We say…LEAVE our Sister, Barbara, BDD! You, dear Barbara, will finish that book and help others by example..and live MANY more good and productive days on this earth, too! You “are” doing that right now..in spite of the challenges..A brave daily challenge in which you are believing in and trusting your Heavenly Father!! … Jeremiah 29:11…Last few days He is bringing those powerful Words again and again!
Bless All you, dear Sisters, on this Glorious Lord’s Day!!
I have lost many of my loved ones over the past several years but the one that i truly have lost most recenlty has been myself as i just realized tonight while taking a bath that i have been suffering down here on earht for i have not been fullfilling my GOD GIVEN calling while still alive here on earth. Crying, crying and crying in the bathtub and all that was comming from my mouth was that i could not heal and move on in life until i finished up on the last chapter of my book that i know GOD as assigned me to do.
So you see ladies, we all need to strive to do those things that GOD has called us to do and not let the wearyness of the earthly things get in ourway of completing our assingments.
When i am taken home to be with the LORD i want to hear him say ” WELL DONE YOUR MISSION HAS BEEN ACCOMLISHED on eart and now I have a new assignment for you here”.
I pray that God gives us all the streangth, wisodm and courage that we all need to go about fullfilling and completing our earthly assignments before it is to late.. I am determined to get my book completed before i am laid to rest for i do not want nor do i think that God wants me to be buried with my story untold and my assingment not completed….In Jesus Strong Name I pray for all of us to be empowered and lifted up to higher levels in completing our God Given Assingments here on earth this comming week so that we can all say “MISSION ACCOMPLISH”.
Remember that we are all “angels on assignments” wether it is here on earth or up above…. Barbara Comlish
My mother passed away February 2006. I can recall having a strength that only God can give us during these times. I have some very dear friends I know were upholding me in prayer. I was with my mother when she died and I consider it such a great priviledge that God didn’t take her until I could be with her. It’s such a sad time, but also a time of great joy because we can know that our loved ones will be spending eternity with our Lord and they are no longer suffering. Remember when Jesus was speaking to the criminal in Luke 23:43? He said “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise” What a great promise to all belivers!!! That’s where my mother is right now and some day, when God chooses my time I will be with her. Bless you dear ones on this glorious day.
It is sad when we lose loved ones. The know that one day we will be with them forever and that is most reassuring. After Jesus, I want to see them all. I believe that those that have gone on before us are allowed at times to visit us through their presence or dreams. There have been many times my great-grandfathers have come to me and just held my hand or I new they were there but no one else did….gave me such peace and happiness. When my mothers grandmothers died, my mother was grieving terribly and my grandmother came to her in a dream/vision and told her she was gone. From that instant on, my mom got better. I think God allows these things for our hearts to heal sometimes. We were created in His image and He feels what we feel. What a loving God to care for us more than we can ever imagine.
MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY ON MAY 3,1994. i KNOW THROUGH MY FAITH THAT I WILL SEE HER AGAIN IN HEAVEN. I AM ALSO AWARE OF KNOWING SHE IS WATCHING EACH OF HER FAMILY HER ON EARTH.3 THINGS HAVE HAPPEN TO SHOW ME THAT THIS IS TO BE TRUE.
ON MY 44 BIRTHDAY, I FELT HER PRESENCE SO STRONG AROUND ME I FEEL SHE WAS LETTING ME KNOW I WAS GOING TO BE OK.
IN 1997 MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS BORN, MY SISTER RELATED LATER THAT OUR MOM CAME TO HER AND SAT ON THE END OF HER BED AND TALKED TO HER(MY SISTER).
THE 3rd THING HAPPENED DURING HURRICANE FRAMCES/ MY OLDER BROTHER WAS ALONE AT HOME WHEN IT HIT. ENDED U[ GETTOMGHIT IN THE HEAD AMD BRAIN ATRAMA, SPEND 9 WEEKS ON THE BRAIN TRAMA UNIT. BUT WHEN HIS EX-WIFE CAME TO HIS HOME HE TOLD HER HE REMEMBER HER, HIS BOSS, SAID IT WAS 2002, AND THT OUT MOM WAS ALIVE(THIS IS 10 YEARS ALATER).) TP THIS DAY HE HAS SHORT TERM MEMIORY LOSE.
BUT I TRUELY BELIVE SHE IS UP THERE WITH GOD WATCHING OVER THE THE PEOLE SHE LOVES THE MOST
when i lost my brother that left only me i was so sad and felt so alone. God got me through it and i know i will be with them someday again.
sharon