Psalm 90:4 For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
2 Peter 3:8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
How the story of Lazurus gave me comfort in my time of grief
In this process of grieving the loss of my mother, I found comfort and hope in this story of Lazurus....
Diagnosis of mom
I still remember vividly that day I received the phone call. Standing outside on the platform of Via rail the train was late and was finally coming in. We were going to get on to ride the train to Vancouver. It was a beautiful sunny day in August of 2007. I answered my cell phone just as the train pulled up. It was mom. She had told me the news, she has breast cancer.
A letter to my dad
This was a letter I felt compelled to write to my father 2 weeks after my mom had died. I could not say if these were his issues at the time, but this story was on my mind constantly. It is very difficult watching my father grieve. To see his pain to see him lose his life partner of 44 years....
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