MEMORIES=AND DAILY BLESSINGS

 

MEMORIES=AND DAILY BLESSINGS

 

So many of OUR FRIENDS

And family members=

Have passed away recently=sometimes

It can BE a struggle

TO JUST GO ON

 

But link yourself to

THEIR MEMORIES=to the good times=

REMEMBER the DAILY BLESSINGS

Of their lives

That is what I do

About my mom and dad

And with my OTHER SPECIAL SOMEONES!

 

“My son=my son Absalom!==If

ONLY I had died Instead of you……..”                                                                              2 Samuel 19:1

 

The readings of today

PRESENT three grieving people

 

David is grieving

For his son=Absalom

Even the BETRAYAL by Absalom

Could not ease=the ANGUISH for David

 

Jairus is GRIEVING

The near death=of his young daughter=

ANTICIPATED GRIEF=is just

As PAINFUL=as any other grief

 

And then there

Is the woman=with the hemorrhage

 

Grieving the loss of

A life=that for 12 years

Has been ANYTHING BUT NORMAL

 

We are ALL GRIEVING=in our hearts

But remember the MEMORIES

Remember the DAILY BLESSINGS

That your loved ones brought

 

“By MEMEMORY=you are saved

If you keep it in MEMORY=

Unless=you believed=in vain”                                                                                  1 Corinthians 15:12

 

“And I will make you

A great nation

 

And I will BLESS YOU

And make your name great

And you shall be=A BLESSING”                                                                                        Genesis 12:2

 

“Who knows

If he will return=and repent

And LEAVE A BLESSING=behind him

 

Even a meat offering

And drink offering

For the Lord”                                                                                                                       Joel 2:14

 

LOSS in life

Will inevitably come

 

Loss of a LOVED ONE-

Our health-normalcy=a home-

A job=or even a CHERISHED DREAM

 

But with grief

THERE IS ALSO LOVE

Remember the good times

Remember the MEMORIES

And BLESSINGS that we have had

 

“BLESSED are the peacemakers

For they shall be

Called=children of God”                                                                                                          Matthew 5:9

 

Our LOVE for them

Confirms how precious

Individuals can be

 

It REMINDS US

Of the beauty

Of ordinary life

 

It calls attention

To OUR MEMORIES

And OUR DAILY BLESSINGS

 

Dear Lord=we pray=that our grieving

Gives us a GREATER APPRECIATION

Of those=who have left us

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER living-loving-Holy FATHER GOD!

 

Robert P. Wallman

1-31-2022

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED by an article in=LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.