Grief & Hope

Recently we received some very terrible news about a long time friend who committed suicide and took his wife with him.
My hubby has taken this news very hard. Over the past 22 years he had enjoyed many occasions of laughter and conversation with his friend. There was never any signs of such an tragedy to occur.

People have ups and downs in their lives. There are many obstacles in ones life that can be depressing or disappointing. There are illnesses and depressing events that sneak up on us.

But there is an invisible door. On the other side of that door there is a dark evil place waiting to swallow us up into the point of no return.

One must wonder what causes a person to open that door.

We all walk up to that door sometime during our life but then we must remember our many blessings and turn around and walk the other way. Sometimes it's a hard climb up the mountain to the other side, but it is worth the effort.

We need encouragement to keep us walking back over that mountain, strength to keep us there, and the knowledge that we are loved and cared for.
We live in this world but it is not of this world that we will find that amount of love.

"nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 8; 38-39
We have hope in the knowledge that God has given us that love.
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