"The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;
may the name of the LORD be praised.”
may the name of the LORD be praised.”
Job 1:21
In the years, months, weeks and days leading up to Mom's death, I prayed that when the time came for the Lord to call her home, that He would give me the grace to be able to say, "Blessed be the name of the Lord."
In His mercy, He has answered that prayer.
Mom went home to be with her Lord and Savior at 11:10pm on Thursday, September 22nd.
While the pain is just as raw as I anticipated it would be, His grace has been far more abundant than I ever imagined it could be.
Several months ago, we had a women's event at our church, at which a friend shared a testimony of how the Lord carried her through her own mother's death. She shared again and again how, at the time, the Lord just gave her grace.
On that day, when I was still 'in the waiting room stage' of the experience, I remember thinking to myself, "Well, I'm glad that it happened that way for her, but from where I'm standing and how I'm feeling right now, I don't see how that could ever be true for me." I just couldn't see how I would ever get through.
But thankfully (as is often the case), I was wrong.
Surprise, surprise: I was wrong and God's Word is true. His grace is sufficient, and He will not give us more than we can bear. He Himself has led me to the Rock that is higher than I, and on Christ the solid Rock I stand.
Glory be to God.
In His mercy, He has answered that prayer.
Mom went home to be with her Lord and Savior at 11:10pm on Thursday, September 22nd.
While the pain is just as raw as I anticipated it would be, His grace has been far more abundant than I ever imagined it could be.
Several months ago, we had a women's event at our church, at which a friend shared a testimony of how the Lord carried her through her own mother's death. She shared again and again how, at the time, the Lord just gave her grace.
On that day, when I was still 'in the waiting room stage' of the experience, I remember thinking to myself, "Well, I'm glad that it happened that way for her, but from where I'm standing and how I'm feeling right now, I don't see how that could ever be true for me." I just couldn't see how I would ever get through.
But thankfully (as is often the case), I was wrong.
Surprise, surprise: I was wrong and God's Word is true. His grace is sufficient, and He will not give us more than we can bear. He Himself has led me to the Rock that is higher than I, and on Christ the solid Rock I stand.
Glory be to God.
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