Monday's Mourning Ministry - The Hurt and the Healer ~MercyMe

I believe in the sun even when it is not shining.

I believe in love where feeling is not.

I believe in God even if He is silent.

Inscription on walls of cellar in Cologne, Germany where Jews hid from the Nazis.

Monday's Mourning Ministry

The Hurt and the Healer

~MercyMe

The Hurt and the Healer

~MercyMe

Why?
The question that is never far away
The healing doesn't come from the explained
Jesus please don't let this go in vain
You're all I have
All that remains

So here I am
What's left of me
Where glory meets my suffering

I'm alive
Even though a part of me has died
You take my heart and breathe it back to life
I've fallen into Your arms open wide
When the hurt and the Healer collide

Breathe
Sometimes I feel it's all that I can do
Pain so deep that I can hardly move
Just keep my eyes completely fixed on You
Lord take hold and pull me through

So here I am
What's left of me
Where glory meets my suffering

I'm alive
Even though a part of me has died
You take my heart and breathe it back to life
I've fallen into Your arms open wide
When the hurt and the Healer collide

It's the moment when humanity
Is overcome by majesty
When grace is ushered in for good
And all the scars are understood
When mercy takes its rightful place
And all these questions fade away
When out of the weakness we must bow
And hear You say "It's over now"

I'm alive
Even though a part of me has died
You take this heart and breathe it back to life
I fall into your arms open wide
When the hurt and the Healer collide

Jesus come and break my fear
Awake my heart and take my tears
Find Your glory even here
When the hurt and the Healer collide

Jesus come and break my fear
Awake my heart and take my tears
Find Your glory even here

When the hurt and the Healer collide

Jesus come and break my fear
Awake my heart and take my tears
Find Your glory even here...

Picture, thanks to "Grieving Mothers"
Video: http://youtu.be/KeNSlQWdgec

Tuesday's Trust - What Did Jesus Christ's Death and Resurrection Do for My Child Who Died?

Great Cloud of Witnesses...

Tuesday's Trust

What Did Jesus Christ's

Death and Resurrection Do

for My Child Who Died?

Life's Breath!

Up from the grave He arose,

And with that move, He conquered death,

And with that truth, this same truth goes...

At your death, He restored Life's breath!

Though I grieve, I must, too, rejoice:

As Death stole my heart, Life restored your voice!

Come, Lord Jesus, O quickly come~

In my life, may Your will be done.

Help us know though while here we'll mourn,

On that Day, sweetest joy is born.

Lives removed due to Death's cold blow

Will be rejoined ending all earth's woe,

For all those who bow their knees to You

Will weep with joy when we're restored anew,

And live, together, forever with You!

Jesus said to her,

"I am the resurrection and the life.

He who believes in Me will live,

even though he dies,

and whoever lives

and believes in Me will never die..."

~John 11:25-26, NIV

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Jesus: God is the God of the living

Jesus replied,

...But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

~Matthew 22:31-32, KJV

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses...

~Hebrews 12:1a, NIV

--Jesus, according to John in The New International Version of the Bible, and to Matthew in the King James Bible (22:31.32)

Picture thanks to consolatio.com:

http://www.consolatio.com/2007/11/jesus-god-is-th.html

Easter Blessings! ~ Love's Sweetest Sacrifice

Easter Blessings!

Love's Sweetest Sacrifice

Jesus, Lord, the blood You shed

Helps me know my child's not dead,

So though, now, I cannot see,

I know my child does live with Thee!

She gathers 'round Your holy throne

With others whom You call Your own;

And one day when You call me Home,

I, too, will join such Joy unknown.

So now I suffer for awhile,

But then I will rejoin my child;

Happy days I'll know again ~

I'll see with eyes of faith till then.

Draw near me Spirit, Comforter,

For now my heart does long for her...

The little one who blessed my life

Whose death now stabs me with a knife~

Bleeding out former happiness,

And yet -these times- You come to bless...

Hold my heart within Your hands,

Those hands, nail-scarred, from Love's demands.

We, like You, must suffer here,

But we, like You, our Lord draws near,

Promising He will catch each tear,

Drops of Love like Your blood drops here.

Lord, what will all these "Love drops" do?

"Multiply Love accorded you."

So Lord, these tears folks wish would cease...?

"Are diamonds Here of Love's release,

Symbols of investments made

In precious souls for whom My Son's blood paid.

For Love is Heav'n's best commodity;

Tears poured out in Love are as gold to Me,

Sweet investments in Eternity

Rendering returns sweetest to Me...

Tears poured out reveal your Love, you see!

Worldly treasures are worthless to Me;

Sacrifices of Love are what I see,

Like the blood of My Son shed for thee...."

Lord, I lay down my life for Thee,

Pour Your love out, and love through me.

You gave Your All; I at least give me;

May I Love as Christ loved me...

Jesus, You died, and now You live,

Conquering Death that my child might live!

Your death purchased our eternal lives;

Thank You for Love's Sweetest Sacrifice!

Friday's Faith - Kisses From Heaven...

Friday's Faith

Kisses From Heaven...

I found this on my Facebook wall today, and thought it would be a good way to end out our Valentine's Week! This is the post that came in from The Compassionate Friends, USA (you can find them here on this link if you would also like to follow them ~ after you join FaceBook of course, which is, by the way, free! ~

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Compassionate-FriendsUSA/90757574245 )

Here is their post and following the post is my response to their answer. Feel free to join in and make your comment on Facebook as well. But please, share your comment with us too here at the bottom of this post! :) Thanks.

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2/17/2011 Facebook Post from The Compassionate Friends, USA:

Here's a question from Facebook member Kathleen Kane-Archer that's particularly appropriate with Valentine's Day just past:

How do you sign your cards (for any occasion) from your family? Do you include the name of your child (sibling or grandchild) who died or is there another way to indicate their continued presence as a part of your family?

We'd like to hear what everyone does, even if you feel it's not necessary to include your child, sibling, or grandchild in each card.

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Here's my comment back:

Angie Prince Hi everyone, and I am so sorry we are all here in this position of losing our precious child. My heart goes out to each of you!

When I sign a card, I typically name everyone who is living of course (me, hubby, my two sons, my daughter-in-law), and then I add, "and I am sure Merry Katherine is blowing you kisses from Heaven!"

I cannot leave her out; she is a vital part of our family. And as we know she loved her Lord and Savior, we know by faith that Merry Katherine is indeed living in Heaven, ("Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies;" John 11:25). And Scripture assures us "we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses" (Hebrews 12:1), so I am sure she IS a "part" (by spirit anyway) of all that's going on down here!

Much love to all of you,

Angie

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Have a wonderful, peaceful, God-blessed weekend precious ones. My heart is filled with hurt for us all. May our Lord wrap His arms around us all and hold us up with all the power of His love,

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