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my baby wanderbyy is so sad. i love her so much i wish i could help, but how can anyone help heal the hurt of loss?
her grandpa died and she went to the funeral this past weekend. now she's feeling the loss of someone who was good and who loved her.
as a mom it's hard for me to see her suffer, especially since i can't do anything to take it away. this is natural and will work itself out in time without my help. that's a hard concept for a mom to bump into.
the only thing i can do is remind her that papa loved her and the Lord so very much and help her to know something about what happens after death.
before Jesus died people still didn't stop being after death. we can know that, honey, because of what happened to saul right before he died. in 1 samuel, chapter 28, saul calls up the dead prophet, Saumel, and tries to make God answer his questions through samuel. we know that even then people did not cease to be after death. Jesus also told of Lazarus being in the bosom of Moses after he died in the sixteenth chapter of luke.
since the death of Jesus things have changed. now we are promised that the abscence from the body is the presence of the Lord. your papa hasn't died because he loved the Lord. he's just left his body and is now seeing the one he loved. he can see angels and others who have gotten there before. he can know moses, and abraham, and michael, and mama. he knows you love him and i'm sure he's entreating the Lord for you and for your father. he can finally talk to mama again and she knows what he's saying.
i loved papa too. he was a terrific, loving man and he helped make a great granddaughter.
sorry this turned into such a sermon honey, since i guess you know i wrote it to you by now..:P
but i love you and gave comfort the only way i knew how
kiss kiss smooooooch
come home soon and we'll yodel
:D
her grandpa died and she went to the funeral this past weekend. now she's feeling the loss of someone who was good and who loved her.
as a mom it's hard for me to see her suffer, especially since i can't do anything to take it away. this is natural and will work itself out in time without my help. that's a hard concept for a mom to bump into.
the only thing i can do is remind her that papa loved her and the Lord so very much and help her to know something about what happens after death.
before Jesus died people still didn't stop being after death. we can know that, honey, because of what happened to saul right before he died. in 1 samuel, chapter 28, saul calls up the dead prophet, Saumel, and tries to make God answer his questions through samuel. we know that even then people did not cease to be after death. Jesus also told of Lazarus being in the bosom of Moses after he died in the sixteenth chapter of luke.
since the death of Jesus things have changed. now we are promised that the abscence from the body is the presence of the Lord. your papa hasn't died because he loved the Lord. he's just left his body and is now seeing the one he loved. he can see angels and others who have gotten there before. he can know moses, and abraham, and michael, and mama. he knows you love him and i'm sure he's entreating the Lord for you and for your father. he can finally talk to mama again and she knows what he's saying.
i loved papa too. he was a terrific, loving man and he helped make a great granddaughter.
sorry this turned into such a sermon honey, since i guess you know i wrote it to you by now..:P
but i love you and gave comfort the only way i knew how
kiss kiss smooooooch
come home soon and we'll yodel
:D