I want this blog to offer encouragement, hope, and a safe place to process grief and loss. I am trying to give words to one of the hardest feelings we can experience . . . loss! I am searching for meaning and purpose during some of the hardest soul-searching times in life.
What is the purpose of life?
Does it really matter??
Is there true peace?
We play such a small part in the great timeline of history so does our time on earth really matter? I have been on a search for true peace and a place where we can find meaning in life . . . meaning in loss . . . hope for eternity!!
For all those reading who have lost loved ones, I want you to know there is hope! There is peace! Death and loss can be such a tragic experience!! When we are faced with those experiences there are so many unanswered questions that come flooding into our minds. So many feelings that can’t be put into words. So many things we realize about ourselves, our faith and how we view the world around us.
Pain and death are apart of life on earth, but they ARE NOT apart of life in heaven. Eternity is guaranteed and if we know Jesus as our personal Savior we are guaranteed to live with him in heaven forever.
This is our hope . . . our anchor!! This is where peace is found!!!
God promises His children He will never leave us . . . He is with us always. That promise doesn’t end when we die. When we are God’s children He is with us through life, through death and throughout eternity.
An AMAZING promise to hold on to . . . and our only way to MAKE TODAY AWESOME!!!
Here is some encouragement straight from the Lord . . .
John 16:33 says “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
John 14:27 says “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.”
