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Monday's Mourning Ministry
Looking Back Through Time at Our Grief
You're Not Alone
~Meredith Andrews
Written over two years ago:
Two Years of Grief – Reality’s Setting In
We upped our anti-depressants today
Snarling and growling, Hypersensitive,
Sinking down in a hole, Touchy, Sobbing,
Working through struggles, Last nerves do fray,
Agitated, Depressed, and Defensive,
Energies depleted, Nightmares—sleep robbing,
Two years of grief—Reality’s setting in—
She’s not coming home, not moving back in:
Too much of a void—too big for our heart—
Such a lively child played such a big part.
Her room’s untouched; we must go through her things. . .
We can’t—such stark reality it brings.
God, please come along-side; give us Your hope;
There’s too much pain—we don’t know how to cope.
Throw Your life raft—we’re at th’ end of our rope!
Written today:
At 4 1/2 Years of Grief, Some Relief
Child-loss grief is very hard, complicated...
Pain transcendent over all; still life goes on,
Sadly....and admittedly truncated.
Stress hormones settled some
But still searching for equilibrium...
Still besieged with terror, dread, agitation,
Ongoing chaos, confusion, lack of control,
Emotions volatile, still mending holes in my soul,
Fatigue, lack of energy, feeling lost,Still wondering who I am, and what to do now,
Surviving life a moment at a time: Grief's cost.
(To child-loss civilians, no way to explain
The effects of grief one has, when a child is slain...)
God soothes and comforts his child's troubled brow,
"I'll never leave you, nor forsake you,"
He assures me, even now...
By faith I say, "The Lord is my helper, I'll not be afraid,"
4 1/2 years, since in the ground, my baby was laid...
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"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
~John 16:33 NLT
We call Abraham "father" not because he got God's attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody. Isn't that what we've always read in Scripture, God saying to Abraham, "I set you up as father of many peoples"? Abraham was first named "father" and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing.
When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said He would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God Himself said to him, "You're going to have a big family, Abraham!"
~Romans 4:17-18 The Message (capitalizations of pronouns, mine)
...God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid..."
~Hebrews 13:5b-6a NIV
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You're Not Alone
~Meredith Andrews
I searched for love
When the night came,
And it closed in
I was alone
But You found me where I was hiding
And now I'll never, ever be the same
It was the sweetest voice that called my name.
Saying,
"You're Not Alone
For I am here!
Let me wipe away your every fear
My love, I've never left your side ~
I have seen you through the darkest night...
And I'm the one Who's loved you all your life
All of your life!
"You cry yourself to sleep
'Cause the hurt is real
and the pain cuts deep
All hope seems lost
With heartache your closest friend
And everyone else long gone
You've had to face the music on your own
But there is a sweeter song that calls you home.
Saying,
"You're not alone for I am here
Let me wipe away your every tear
My love, I've never left your side
I have seen you through the darkest night
And I'm the One who's loved you all your life
All your life
Faithful and true FOREVER
Oh, My love will carry you
"You're not alone for I, I am here
Let me wipe away your every fear
Oh yeah
My love, I've never left your side
I have seen you through the darkest night
Your darkest night
And I'm the one who's loved you all your life
All of your life!"
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