If you don't know Jesus let me introduce Him to you. He is revealed in the Bible as God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Sprit. He is my redeemer, my comforter and my best friend. Without Him I would have no hope. The Bible says "for God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but will have everlasting life....John 3:16.
God is my comforter, He is always available, He is not impatient with me and He doesn't judge or rebuke me for admitting I'm hurting. God has experienced sorrow, He is also a bereaved parent. His Son suffered and died. But the exciting news is His Son didn't stay dead, He conquered death for each of us so that we can have the hope of spending eternity with Him in Heaven. We also can have the hope of seeing our loved ones again.
Jesus loved me and He died for me as a sacrifice for my sins. The moment I invited Him into my life He became my Savior. Jesus understands my sorrow. He experienced abuse, rejection, and death. He wept when others were grieving. He felt their pain. He feels my pain and yours. Jesus comforts us so we can comfort others.
When Jesus left this earth He promised us another comforter, He promised that the Holy Sprit would come to dwell in all Christians. His purpose in my life is to convict of sin., but He is also with me to comfort me. He see my needs even before I do and He asks God the Father to meet my needs. When I am discouraged the Holy Sprit is the one who plants the thought in a friends mind to pray for me or to call me.
If you do not know Jesus, I encourage you to invite Him into your life now, Jesus has extended the invitation to you!
Love in Christ Jan***(codysmom)
When Cody was first diagnosed what I heard from God was that "everything is going to be ok". Of course I hoped that meant that Cody was going to be healed. As a matter of fact I never doubted for a minute that he would be. So why didn't God heal Cody in the way I wanted Him to? I don't know, He has not revealed that to me yet. What I do know is that God never makes mistakes, that His wisdom is perfect whether I understand it or not, and that I trust His judgement.
Does that mean I don't miss Cody, or that my arms don't ache to hold him? Of course not. Not a day goes by that I don't think about him and long to see him again. Praise God through Jesus I can look forward to that day. But I can also live today and not be overwhelmed. Even in the midst of the worst thing that could happen to a parent, I have joy in my life and a peace that truely passes understanding.
As long as we live in an imperfect world, loss and suffering will be part of life. Some days may be hard, others may be overwhelming. God is willing to walk beside you, allow Him to wrap His loving arms around you.
***Jan***
.........BY WASHINGTON IRVING
..........AUTHOR UNKNOWN
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says, "There, she is gone!". Gone where? Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, "There, she is gone!" there are eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"...........................................And that is dying
