Faith – Page 123 – Walking Together in Faith

Numbness

So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.John 16:22 (NRSV)Despite my best intentions, I couldn’t bring myself about to write something on Mother’s Day, which was yesterday, May 10th. It was not only the first Mother’s Day withoutContinueContinue reading “Numbness”

Wallowing

When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.Luke 4:13 (NRSV)I had a bad day last Friday–the three week mark of my mother’s death. What surprised me was the suddenness and the force with which the sadness hit me. It was totally unexpected. I imagine myself as someone whoContinueContinue reading “Wallowing”

Marking Time

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.revelation 21:4 It will be three weeks tomorrow that my mother died. It seems so long ago and yet the memory is still raw. I am stillContinueContinue reading “Marking Time”