I was with a friend last night who lost his wife last winter to cancer. Four of us went to dinner together and then to see the Reagan movie (which is very good, by the way). We were very close friends with him and his wife. It is painful to watch him hurt and grieve through this time. This morning I just can’t get this off of my mind and the Holy Spirit has brought so many others to my mind who have lost their loved one/s over the years. In praying for them it brings to mind that this will someday be a role I will likely need to play. I’m not being fatalistic, it is just a reality of living life. Having lost my own parents, Kathy’s parents and several siblings plus friends, I know loss and the hurt of it, yet I can see them very clearly in my mind rejoicing in heaven. It makes me so happy for them,

It is so important that each one of us takes seriously the nudges we get from God’s Holy Spirit as we are prompted. For me, my family members are at the top of my list. I can’t fathom spending eternity with one of them not with us. The beauty of God’s prompting is that if we are being prompted, God’s Holy Spirit is also working on the one we’re prompted to talk to.

I know this message is a little different from most I post, but it is definitely on my heart this morning.