Yes, it really is 2:51 a.m. as I write this particular blog post. I just returned home a while ago after being with a dear husband whose wife passed away tonight. After fifty years of marriage, he had to watch the funeral director roll the body of his beloved sweetheart out the front door of their home never to return again. Indeed, it is heart-wrenching to witness.
Before I left, I was honored to pray a prayer of comfort and assurance with the family and friends gathered to begin their grieving process. The precious wife and mother was trusting the Lord for Eternal Life, so gladness was mingled beautifully with their grief. Actually, the husband said, "Don't take me wrong, pastor, but I am actually relieved that her suffering is over." It was a clear declaration of his true compassion for his beloved.
While we have not yet entered the details of the home-going celebration service, the husband did say what song must be sung. Yes, that old hymn of the church titled "Going Home." It was his wife's favorite.
Take a listen to the song posted below and as you do breathe a prayer for my dear friends as they await reunion in Heaven.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ8sQfzuZnE&feature=related
We do not grieve as those who have no hope. -- 1 Thess. 4:13
Grateful
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Beware of Leanness in Your Soul
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
-- Words of Jesus in John 15:7 (NKJV)
When we learn to pray in the Holy Spirit, we find there are things for which we cannot pray, there is a sense of restraint. Never push and say, "I know it is God's will and I am going to stick to it." Beware, remember what is recorded of the children of Israel in Psalm 106:15 (NKJV): "And He gave them their request, But sent leanness (a lack of richness) into their soul." Let the Holy Spirit teach you what He is driving at and learn not to grieve Him. If we are abiding in Jesus Christ, we shall ask what He wants us to ask, whether we are conscious of doing so or not.
-- Oswald Chambers
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God...
Ephesians 4:30a (NKJV)
Lord as I think on Psalm 37:4, this is my prayer:
I want to delight in You, not demand of You!
This old hymn sung by CeCe Winans is on my heart:
Click > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IAz9artoBw
I Surrender All.
Grateful
-- Words of Jesus in John 15:7 (NKJV)
When we learn to pray in the Holy Spirit, we find there are things for which we cannot pray, there is a sense of restraint. Never push and say, "I know it is God's will and I am going to stick to it." Beware, remember what is recorded of the children of Israel in Psalm 106:15 (NKJV): "And He gave them their request, But sent leanness (a lack of richness) into their soul." Let the Holy Spirit teach you what He is driving at and learn not to grieve Him. If we are abiding in Jesus Christ, we shall ask what He wants us to ask, whether we are conscious of doing so or not.
-- Oswald Chambers
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God...
Ephesians 4:30a (NKJV)
Lord as I think on Psalm 37:4, this is my prayer:
I want to delight in You, not demand of You!
This old hymn sung by CeCe Winans is on my heart:
Click > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IAz9artoBw
I Surrender All.
Grateful
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