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Your husband is gone from this earth, but sister, he is far from forgotten.  In fact, God’s not finished with him yet.  He won’t be working in this world anymore, but his legacy will live on in the lives of those he touched.  He lives on in your life and the lives of the precious…

First of all, this is not a comprehensive list.  You will need to find the things that fill you and refresh your spirit.  Of course, it’s not healthy to indulge in some of these too often.  Rather, you need to make your own list, and when you are having a hard day, pick something reasonable…

This past weekend, I took my three bigger kids to a water park.  We met my sister and her family there.  We had a blast riding all sorts of water slides and doing the lazy river.  Let me tell you though – it was a workout carrying big inner tubes up all those stairs!!  I…

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness…For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities.  For when I am weak, then I am strong.  2 Corinthians 12:9a, 10 It doesn’t feel that way.  It doesn’t feel…

After your season of suffering, God in all his grace will restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.  1 Peter 5:10 Your husband’s death feels like the end of your world, and in a way, it is.  It’s the end of your life as you know it, but it’s not the end.  It’s the end of…

Let’s face it.  Your kids are not going to behave quite as well without a dad.  Number 1 – they’ve experienced the loss of a parent (more about discipline with your kids in another post).  Number 2 – they just don’t respond as well to mom as they did to dad.  Case in point: I…

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.   John 16:22 The first few days and weeks, months really, after losing your husband are so very difficult.  Each day seemed excruciatingly long, and doing simple things seemed to…

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces.  Isaiah 25:8a What a comfort to know that someday our Lord will wipe away all of the pain, sadness, and heartache we feel.  Another comfort to me is knowing that Christ himself felt our pain.  He knew what…