Re: To those who are grieving.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Barb,

Love, Barbara smith

[Guest guest]

Barb,

This is beautiful. Thank you

Belinda

> Just a note to all who are grieving today.

>

> God bless you.

>

> Barb, in Arlington [image]

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> Mountain Wings A Mountain Wings Moment

> #2113 Wings Over The Mountains of Life

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> Grieving With God

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> One of the hardest things to accept is that life as we know it

> does not go on.

>

> Relationships are often difficult to establish and maintain. And

> on rare, wonderful occasions, some just fall into place so

> easily and run so smoothly from both ends.

>

> Losing one we're close to, feels unfair and so sad. Those we

> just fell in love with from the start, that were there for us

> whatever our circumstances, whatever our pain, no matter how we

> lost our humor, those we could wrap our arms around and receive

> comfort from, we find it impossible to release them to death.

>

> Once we relax in knowing they are there, will never reject us,

> will always return our love and affection, how can we plan a

> future without them?

>

> How can the memories be enough when our hearts seem to slow, yet

> pound so loudly in our throats, when our joy is crushed, when

> our eyes cloud and will never view things the same again?

>

> How should we behave? Why should we just walk back into life as

> though nothing ever happened? How can we ever be expected to

> smile again? How can we let go?

>

> Amazingly enough, long before we were conceived, long before we

> participated in life, God had a plan........a perfect plan.

>

> He foresaw the need for this life to have a beginning as well as

> an end. He created and thoroughly understood the complexities of

> relating to others. He gave us the ability to love and draw

> close. He knew the path our lives would take and how deeply we

> would feel pain. He left nothing out.

>

> He built within us the abilities to grieve without dying, to let

> go without forgetting, to cope without quitting, to continue to

> love those who have gone on, yet grow to love others more

> strongly and even to add new love to our hearts.

>

> He even gave us time......time to grieve.....time to heal and

> time to grow from our new understanding.

>

> Beyond our awesome creation, He knows exactly when we suffer

> loss and how hard it is for us.

>

> We are among those He just fell in love with from the start, He

> is there for us no matter what our circumstances, what our pain,

> no matter how we've lost our humor, He wants to wrap us in His

> arms and receive comfort from Him.

>

> We can relax in knowing He has always been there, will never

> reject us, will always return our love and affection, and will

> help us plan our future.

>

> He will rejoice with us in our memories and restore our joy and

> make our hearts pound loudly in our throats in anticipation of a

> glad future.

>

> We should not walk the same roads over again. He devised that

> when our eyes have clouded with tears we should never view

> things the same way again. We could grow bitter from sadness, or

> we can grow and learn compassion. We should never behave as

> though nothing ever happened. We should fondly remember that

> knowing, then missing someone has changed us, that we were

> blessed with the company of angels while they were here.

>

> This amazingly perfect plan that God has, of which He mapped out

> every possible outcome, leads us always back into His very

> capable, loving arms.

>

> It's not that He wants us to suffer, not that He wants us to

> cry, not that He wants us to lose those we love dearly. God just

> wants us to remember that while we were happily on our journey

> with our loved one, He was happy too.

>

> He leads us to know that after losing our loved one, when we

> return to life more lonely, He steps up closer to us and not

> only understands our loneliness, but helps us hold our head up.

>

> When emptiness invades your sleep, He offers what no other

> friend can..... serenity as deep as the emptiness and hope as

> promising as the sunrise.

>

> He is the one friend that cannot and will not die, and will

> never leave our side.

>

> He is the almighty creator who gave you forever your friend or

> relative.

>

> By Carla J.

>

> Thank you for inviting Mountain Wings in your mailbox.

> See you tomorrow.

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