Matthew 13:14-16 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: "You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people`s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hears with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them. But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
As we approach the season of Advent, the coming of Christ, it is often a season of great despair and depression for many. A time of great sadness, as we mourn loved ones that have passed; creating a void that often opens a pit of emptiness. Satan delights in our sorrow and often attempts to disrupt the joy of Christmas. However, to diminish Satan`s success, what if we could send off heaven-bound e-mails to our loved ones! Of course you`d have to e-mail early to avoid the Christmas rush; I would imagine that Heaven is pretty busy in preparation for "The Heavenly Birthday Bash," for JESUS!
I believe that writing an e-mail would help to heal the pain of separation and our loneliness; just as this blog has opened my soul for the healing and restoration that I have required. So just who would be on your e-mail list and what would you tell them? For me. this might be a long list but if you`ve got time, here I go.
First I`d tell my mom, that a piece of me died when she passed, but Rick has loved me through it. Also mom, God forgave me for the dreadful secret that I kept from you. To my brother Robin, I`d shared that after 40 some years, God had me forgive Larry Alexander. I`d tell daddy, that I understand about his alcoholism and that I will soon celebrate 6 years of sobriety. I`d tell pop-pop Guhl that my brother Ernie has a big belly just like his! To all of my aunts,uncles and cousins, I wished that I would have known you better. David, you where my favorite cousin, oops second cousin, was it because of your accident that you always had time for family?
To Brice my first love and father of our aborted child, I forgive you and will always love you! It took almost 40 years to get you out of my dreams. To my unborn baby, I`m so sorry, so very sorry, I love you so much, please forgive me.........I anxiously await our heavenly reunion! To Brice`s mother, Shirley, I`d say thank you for teaching me to openly love.
Mom-mom Guhl even though I was only 3 when you died, I held onto the pain and separation anxiety for years and years. Struggling for decades, unaware of how much I mourned your sudden death. Mom-mom and Pop Frazer, I have finally seen pictures of both of you, I cried and cried for the love that I never knew.
Joe and Barbara Mullen, thank you for your family of love and the prayers, we have a loving faithful, God! Jay, rest in peace, Garfield! Jimmy, your children are okay, you where a good father and wonderful friend. Shirley, Bobby is just killing time; Jen loves and takes good care of him. I thank God for our friendship....Rick-Mon misses you, too. Karen, I still feel your hand on my shoulder, reminding me that I`d had done so good with sobriety, thanks for the on-going life-time of encouragement.
Mike, Rose is slowing down, but she is a determined and proud little Italian women. Smoke, we`ve never had another neighbor like you. You were like a dad to Rick and I. Do you have a garden in heaven? Mary, I know that your children, grand-children and great grand-childen will struggle to get through Christmas without you, the first is the most difficult.
Father God, thank you for allowing me to write your blog and for the intense healing that I receive. I pray that if anyone is holding on to grief, pain and sorrow for a loved one, that they write them an e-mail......just be sure to have the kleenex box handy!
Isaiah 53:3-5 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our trangressions, he was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are HEALED. AMEN.........................I have great expectations for a wonderful, love-filled and joyous CHRISTMAS!
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