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Psalm 116:15, The death of His faithful is precious to God?
“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.” People turn to this verse and ministers quote it at funerals for comfort of the grieving. How is the death of God’s faithful precious in His sight? … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, God, Hope, Psalms, Resurrection, Suffering and Faith
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Angry with God, Forgiving God
(August 2, 2015, this Sunday, will mark seven years since our grandson Sully, fifteen months old, died. For thirteen months he battled leukemia. His illness, his suffering, his death, challenged my faith as it had never been challenged. I first … Continue reading
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The Humility of Baptism
“In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus” (Romans 6:11). My wife and I recently spent two days in Lancaster, PA Amish country. Since then a word which has been on my … Continue reading
Sunday, Another Visit to the Grave
(From my CaringBridge site in honor and memory of our grandson Sully. Written on Easter Sunday, 2010.) Sunday had come. The Sabbath was over. Women who had followed Jesus went to the tomb to finish the traditional anointing of the … Continue reading
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The Day after Good Friday
(From my CaringBridge site in honor and memory of our grandson Sully. Written on the day after Good Friday, 2010.) A Grief Observed is C. S. Lewis’s journal of his grief when his wife Joy died after a painful battle … Continue reading
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Good Friday
(From my CaringBridge site in honor and memory of our grandson Sully. Written on Good Friday, 2010.) On this Good Friday, I remember the suffering of Jesus. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so … Continue reading
The Night before Good Friday
(Our grandson, Sully, was diagnosed with leukemia at age two months. He became a patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. For thirteen months he fought a courageous fight. He died at the age of fifteen months. … Continue reading
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The Birth of Christ and Pediatric Cancer–Remembering Sully
In Revelation 12 the Apostle John describes a very different scene of the birth of Jesus. John uses bold, vivid, striking, and startling images. His is a story powerfully and imaginatively revealing the spiritual reality of God’s invasion into his … Continue reading
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Crisp Air, Turkey, Football
Every Thanksgiving I remember the crisp air, turkey, and football of my youth. There were no league championships or state playoffs. There was something bigger, the Turkey Day game with your arch rival. I remember the cool, sunny, Thanksgiving mornings … Continue reading
Christmas Gifts for Your Children
Children add something so special to this season. I have precious childhood memories of Christmas. How precious are the memories, even more so, of our own children and Christmas. Now the grandchildren. As I reflect on Christmases past and present, … Continue reading
Journey through the Shadowlands 